Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs
English name:
Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs
Description (English)
Formations of often large, silver-glaucous shrubs of Limoniastrum monopetalum with showy pink flowers in late spring, of drier parts of Mediterranean and Iberian saltmarshes, distributed locally in North Africa, the Iberian peninsula, the southern Italian peninsula, western Sicily, Lampedusa, Sardinia and Crete.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code A2.528 |
|---|---|
| Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.5) |
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 1420 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Limoniastrum monopetalum
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Limoniastrum monopetalum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 15.63 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 4.2.1. | Salt marshes | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.528 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.628 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.628 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.628 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A2.648 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B3.53 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15.63 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15.63 | Mediterranean Limoniastrum scrubs | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15.63 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15.63 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 15.63 | same |
