Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana

English name: Aegean thorny burnet (Sarcopoterium) phrygana

Description (English)

Sarcopoterium spinosum-dominated formations, by far the commonest phrygana facies, widespread in the Aegean archipelagoes and Crete, with local outposts in peninsular Greece, the Ionian islands and coastal Anatolia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code F7.311
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F7)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Sarcopoterium spinosum
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Sarcopoterium spinosum Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 33.31 Aegean Sarcopoterium phryganas source
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.3. Sclerophyllous vegetation n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F7.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F7.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F7.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F7.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F6.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F5.311 Aegean Sarcopoterium phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 33.31 Aegean Sarcopoterium phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 33.31 Aegean Sarcopoterium phryganas same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 33.31   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 33.31   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 33.31   same
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