Sub-Mediterranean common juniper thickets

General Information Species Legal instrument Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

F3.164

Description:

Collinar and montane communities of sub-Mediterranean levels of southern and southeastern Europe, dominated by [Juniperus communis], mostly [Juniperus]-dominated facies of units 31.89, 31.8A or 31.8B (CORINE), in particular, formations of Bulgaria, Greece and the F.Y.R.Ο.Μ., such as the [Juniperus communis]-[Pteridium aquilinum] formations on deep soils of the Ostryo-Carpinion aegaeicum.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001 Amat F., Llorente G. A. & M. A. Carretero, 2003 Christensen S. N., 2000

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Xanthoria parietina (L. ) Th. Fr., 1858
Caloplaca pyracea (Ach.) Th. Fr., 1867
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768)
Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758
Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)
Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus, 1753) Kuhn, 1879	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juniperus communis Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
EC Fauna, Flora, Habitats Directive	Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands	5130

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
A00010022		GR1250001	OROS OLYMPOS
A00010206		GR1330001	OROS VOURINOS (MESIANO NERO)