Hellenic tall herb communities

English name: Hellenic tall herb communities

Description (English)

Riparian and spring-edge vegetation of the montane and subalpine level of the Pindus and the Thessalian mountains south to Giona and Parnassus, with Cirsium appendiculatum, Cirsium tymphaeum, Heracleum sphondylium ssp. pyrenaicum (Heracleum pollinianum), Stachys alopecuros (Betonica jacquinii), Scrophularia umbrosa (Scrophularia samaritanii), Scrophularia scopolii, Achillea grandifolia, Campanula trachelium ssp. athoa, Chaerophyllum aureum, Epilobium obscurum, Solidago virgaurea, Veratrum album, Geranium asphodeloides.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E5.571
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E5.5)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Achillea grandifolia
Flowering Plants Chaerophyllum aureum
Flowering Plants Cirsium appendiculatum
Flowering Plants Cirsium tymphaeum
Flowering Plants Epilobium obscurum
Flowering Plants Geranium asphodeloides
Flowering Plants Scrophularia scopolii
Flowering Plants Scrophularia umbrosa
Flowering Plants Solidago virgaurea
Flowering Plants Veratrum album
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Achillea grandifolia Flowering Plants
Chaerophyllum aureum Flowering Plants
Cirsium appendiculatum Flowering Plants
Cirsium tymphaeum Flowering Plants
Epilobium obscurum Flowering Plants
Geranium asphodeloides Flowering Plants
Scrophularia scopolii Flowering Plants
Scrophularia umbrosa Flowering Plants
Solidago virgaurea Flowering Plants
Veratrum album Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 37.871 Hellenic tall herb communities source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E5.571 Hellenic tall herb communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E5.571 Hellenic tall herb communities same
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