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Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues

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English name	Coastal curry plant ([Helichrysum]) garrigues

English name

Coastal curry plant ([Helichrysum]) garrigues

EUNIS habitat type code	F5.517	Level	5
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Low formations of [Helichrysum] ([Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum], [Helichrysum italicum ssp. italicum]) with spurges ([Euphorbia pithyusa], i.a.), [Pistacia lentiscus], [Camphorosma monspeliaca], [Artemisia densiflora] or [Thymelaea passerina], [Thymelaea hirsuta], [Thymelaea tartonraira] of the immediate vicinity of sea cliffs, forming the transition between cliff vegetations or clifftop phryganas and thermo-Mediterranean scrub; they are particularly characteristic of the large Mediterranean islands.

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	F5.517	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.517	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.512	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.212	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	32.217	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.217	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.217	Coastal [Helichrysum] garrigues	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.3.	Sclerophyllous vegetation	n/a
	F	Heathland, scrub and tundra	Ancestor
	F5	Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes	Ancestor
	F5.5	Thermo-Mediterranean scrub	Ancestor
	F5.51	Thermo-Mediterranean brushes, thickets and heath-garrigues	Parent

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