East Mediterranean tamarisk thickets

Description (English)

Tamarix parviflora, Tamarix tetrandra, Tamarix dalmatica, Tamarix smyrnensis, Tamarix hampeana and Tamarix hohenackeri thickets of lowland watercourse galleries, humid depressions and slightly saline coastal flats of Greece and its islands, of the southern F.Y.R. of Macedonia, of Albania, of Cyprus, of southern Crimea, of mediterranean Asia Minor and of the Levant.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code S9-4133

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Tamarix dalmatica
Flowering Plants Tamarix parviflora
Flowering Plants Tamarix smyrnensis
Flowering Plants Tamarix tetrandra
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Tamarix dalmatica Flowering Plants
Tamarix parviflora Flowering Plants
Tamarix smyrnensis Flowering Plants
Tamarix tetrandra Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) F9.3133 East Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F9.3133 East Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F9.3133 East Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
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