Diss steppes

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Common name:

Diss steppes

Habitat code:

E1.433

Description:

Formations of North Africa, Italy, Spain and Greece, dominated by [Ampelodesmos mauritanica]; many chamaephyte and diss formations have the physiognomy of a garrigue or a brush and have been listed under 32.23 (Corine).

References:

Van Swaay C.A.M. & M.S. Warren, 1999 Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768)
Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)
Ampelodesmos mauritanica (Poirent) Durand & Schinz, 1894	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising