Southwestern Pontic fixed dunes

English name: Southwestern Pontic fixed dunes

Description (English)

Fixed dunes of the southwestern coasts of the Black Sea, between the Bosphorus and Cape Caliacra, harbouring the psammophytes Cionura erecta, Peucedanum arenarium, Jurinea albicaulis ssp. kilaea, Silene thymifolia, Medicago marina, Secale sylvestre, Pancratium maritimum, Convolvulus persicus, Scabiosa argentea (Scabiosa ucranica), Euphorbia seguierana and the Balkan endemic Lepidotrichum uechtritzianum.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code B1.4B11
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (B1.4)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Cionura erecta
Flowering Plants Convolvulus persicus
Flowering Plants Euphorbia seguierana
Flowering Plants Lepidotrichum uechtritzianum
Flowering Plants Medicago marina
Flowering Plants Pancratium maritimum
Flowering Plants Peucedanum arenarium
Flowering Plants Scabiosa argentea
Flowering Plants Secale sylvestre
Flowering Plants Silene thymifolia
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Cionura erecta Flowering Plants
Convolvulus persicus Flowering Plants
Euphorbia seguierana Flowering Plants
Lepidotrichum uechtritzianum Flowering Plants
Medicago marina Flowering Plants
Pancratium maritimum Flowering Plants
Peucedanum arenarium Flowering Plants
Scabiosa argentea Flowering Plants
Secale sylvestre Flowering Plants
Silene thymifolia Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 16.22B11 Southwestern Pontic fixed dunes source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 B1.4B11 Southwestern Pontic fixed dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 B1.4B11 Southwestern Pontic fixed dunes same
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