Myrtle thickets
Common name:
Myrtle thickets
Habitat code:
F5.518
Description:
[Myrtus communis]-dominated brush. Particularly noteworthy formations occur in the Balearics ([Clematidi-Myrtetum]), in southern Iberia, in Sardinia, in the Aegean, in the eastern Mediterranean coastal regions, in North Africa. Myrtle thickets can in favourable situations reach a height of a few metres, grading into arborescent matorral (unit 32.124, Corine).
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Myrtus communis Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Turdus philomelos Brehm, 1831 | |
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886 | |
Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) |
EUNIS Site Code | Source | Greek Natura 2000 code | Site name |
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B00000296 | B00000296 | DE S'ALBUFERA A LA MOLA |