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Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana

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English name Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F7.21 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Highly threatened formations of the promontories of northern Sardinia, limited to the peninsulas of Stintino and Capo Caccia and the islands of Asinara and Tavola, dominated by the large, silvery-blue, hemispherical cushions of the endemic Tertiary relict [Centaurea horrida], associated with many other endemic or restricted relict species including [Astragalus massiliensis], [Erodium corsicum], [Limonium acutifolium], [Nananthea perpusilla], [Evax rotundata], [Armeria pungens].

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F7.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F7.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F7.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F7.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F6.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F5.21 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 33.2 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phryganas source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 33.2 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 33.2 Sardinian [Centaurea horrida] phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 33.2   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 33.2   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 33.2   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 33.2   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.3. Sclerophyllous vegetation n/a
  F Heathland, scrub and tundra Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F7 Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation) Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F7.2 Central Mediterranean spiny heaths    Parent
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