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Cretan hedgehog-heaths

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English name	Cretan hedgehog-heaths

English name

Cretan hedgehog-heaths

EUNIS habitat type code	F7.4B	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Hedgehog-heaths of high mountains of Crete, in the 1500-2500 m altitudinal range, with [Astragalus creticus ssp. creticus], [Astragalus angustifolius], [Acantholimon androsaceum], [Atraphaxis billardieri], [Berberis cretica], [Chamaecytisus creticus], [Daphne oleoides], [Prunus prostrata], [Euphorbia acanthothamnos], [Verbascum spinosum], [Sideritis syriaca], [Satureja spinosa], [Asperula idaea], [Rhamnus prunifolius], [Pimpinella tragium], [Acinos alpinus].

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	F7.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F7.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F7.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F7.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F6.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F5.4B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	31.7B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	31.7B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	31.7B	Cretan hedgehog-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	31.7B		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	31.7B		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	31.7B		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	31.7B		same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.3.	Sclerophyllous vegetation	n/a
	F	Heathland, scrub and tundra	Ancestor
	F7	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)	Ancestor
	F7.4	Hedgehog-heaths	Parent

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