Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets

Common name:
Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets
Habitat code:
F3.223
Description:

More continental formations of central Iberia, developed mostly on deep, moist soils in the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Meseta, the Ebro basin, the Cordillera Central, the Southern Iberian Range, the Montes de Toledo, the Sierra Morena and the western Baetic or sub-Baetic mountains, with [Berberis hispanica], [Prunus spinosa], [Prunus mahaleb], [Crataegus monogyna], [Ribes uva-crispa], [Rubus ulmifolius], [Lonicera xylosteum], [Lonicera etrusca], [Amelanchier ovalis], [Rhamnus saxatilis], numerous roses of the [Rosa agrestis] and [Rosa canina] aggregates (e.g. [Rosa micrantha], [Rosa pouzinii], [Rosa corymbifera], [Rosa sicula]) and, locally, [Hippophae rhamnoides].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Lonicera xylosteum Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lonicera etrusca Santi, 1795 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Hippophae rhamnoides L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ribes austro-europaeum (Bornmüller, 1928) Bech., 1929 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rhamnus saxatilis Jacq., 1762 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa pouzinii Tratt. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa canina Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Prunus spinosa Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Amelanchier ovalis Medik. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa sicula Tratt., 1823 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Prunus mahaleb Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa agrestis Savi Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Crataegus monogyna Jacq., 1775 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa corymbifera Borkh. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Berberis vulgaris ssp. australis (Boiss.) Heywood Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising