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Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)

English name: Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)

Description (English)

Shrublands with dominant low spiny shrubs, widespread in Mediterranean and Anatolian regions with a summer-dry climate, occurring from sea level to high altitudes on dry mountains.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F7
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	33	Phrygana	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	31.7	Hedgehog-heaths	narrower
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	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F7	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F7	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F7	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F6	Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana and hedgehog-heaths)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F5	Non-ericaceous dwarf-shrub habitats (phrygana and hedgehog-heaths)	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	31.7	Hedgehog-heaths	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	33	Phrygana	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	33	Phrygana	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	31.7	Hedgehog-heaths	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	33		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	31.7		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	33		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	31.7		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	31.7		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	33		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	33		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	31.7		narrower

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