Myrtle thickets

General Information Species Natura

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).

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
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)

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
B00000296		B00000296	DE S'ALBUFERA A LA MOLA