Submediterranean deciduous thickets and brushes
Description (English)
Successional and plagioclimax scrub, mostly deciduous, of the submediterranean and supramediterranean zones, but also colonizing cool, moist or disturbed stations of the mediterranean evergreen forest zone. Included are some non-leafy scrub, for example Cytisus purgans and Genista aetnensis.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code F3.2 |
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Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
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Scrophulario glabratae-Rubion ulmifolii Vicente Orellana et al. 2012 | Spiny lianoid thicket mantle of laurel forests of Azores | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Ulici europaei-Cytision striati Rivas-Mart. et al. 1991 | Cantabroatlantic-Lusitanian Iberian submediterranean and meso-supramediterranenan subhumid to hyperhumid broomy heath | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Telinion monspessulano-linifoliae Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 | Aljibic, Tyrrhenian and Catalonian thermo-mesomediterranean subhumid-humid silicicolous genistoid retamal seral to | Telinion monspessulano-linifoliae Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001; Phlomido purpureae-Retametalia sphaerocarpae Rivas-Mart., Díez-Garretas et Asensi in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Paliuro-Petterion P. Fukarek 1962 | Submediterranean šibljak of eastern Adriatic coasts of Balkan Peninsula | Paliurion adriaticum Trinajstic 1978; Rhamno-Paliurion Trinajstic (1978) 1996 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Rubio periclymeni-Rubion ulmifolii Oberd. ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993 | Spiny lianoid thicket mantle of laurel forests of Madeira and Canary Islands | Rubion canariensis Oberd. 1965 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Eryngio campestris-Paliurion spinae-christi (Jovanovic 1985) Matevski et al. 2008 | Submediterranean šibljak of south-central Balkan Peninsula | Paliurion moesiacum B. Jovanovic 1985; Asparago verticillati-Paliurion Sanda et Popescu 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Pruno spinosae-Rubion ulmifolii O. de Bolòs 1954 | Bramble scrub of winter-mild southern Atlantic seaboards and Mediterranean | Pruno spinosae-Rubion inermidis O. de Bolòs 1954 nom. mut. propos. (sensu Julve 1993); Lonicerion periclymeni Géhu et al. 1983; Ligustro-Rubion ulmifolii Géhu et Delelis in Delelis 1973 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Violo messanensis-Adenocarpion intermedii Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Siculo-Calabrian meso-supramediterranean broom heath | Violion messanensis S. Brullo et Furnari in Barbagallo et al. 1982 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Berberido creticae-Prunion cocomiliae Bergmeier 1990 | Submediterranean thermophilous scrub of southern regions of Balkan Peninsula | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Adenocarpion decorticantis (Rivas-Mart. et F. Valle ex F. Valle 1985) Rivas-Mart. et al.1999 | Upper mesomediterranean and oromediterranean semicontinental silicicolous retamoid scrub of Sierra Nevada | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Lonicero arboreae-Berberidion hispanicae O. de Bolòs 1954 | Supra-oromediterranean scrub on base-rich substrates in Baetic regionn of Spain and North African mountains | Lonicero arboreae-Berberidion australis (O. de Bolòs 1954) Rivas Goday 1964 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Cytision multiflori Rivas-Mart. 1974 | Western Iberian supramediterranean subhumid-hyperhumid silicicolous broomy genistoid retamal | Genistion polygaliphyllae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Berberidion vulgaris Br.-Bl. ex Tx. 1952 nom. conserv. | Soutern temperate and submediterranean thermophilous scrub of southern and Central Europe | Rhamno alpini-Berberidion vulgaris Rivas-Mart. In Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011; Amelanchierion ovalis Arlot 1985; Astrantio-Corylion Passarge 1978; Berberidion Br.-Bl. 1950; Corylion avellanae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Crataego-Corylion P. Fukarek 1969; Crataego-Prunion T. Müller 1974; Crataego-Prunion T. Müller ex Korneck 1974; Ligustro-Crataegion Passarge 1978; Ligustro-Prunion spinosae Arlot 1985; Prunion spinosae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Prunion spinosae Soó 1931; Clematido vitalbae-Acerion campestris Felzines in Royer et al. 2006 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Retamion monospermae Rivas-Mart et al. 2002 | Lusitano-Andalusian Iberian and Tingitanian seral broomy scrub on deep littoral soils and palaeodune regosols | Retamion monospermae Rivas-Mart. et Cantó in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Asparago verticillati-Crataegion tauricae Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990 | Submediterranean thermophilous scrub vegetation of Crimea | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Pruno tenellae-Syringion (B. Jovanovic 1979) Carni et al. 2009 | Continental vegetation of continental regions of northern Balkans | Buxo-Syringion P. Fukarek 1962; Cotino-Cotoneasterion P. Fukarek 1958; Cotino-Cotoneasterion P. Fukarek 1962 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Amelanchiero-Buxion O. de Bolòs et Romo in Romo 1989 | Pyrenean and western Catalonian submediterranean sub-xeric mantle scrub | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Pruno tenellae-Syringion Jovanovic ex Carni et Mucina 2013 | Submediterranean thermophilous scrub of northern and central regions of Balkan Peninsula | Pruno tenellae-Syringion Jovanovic 1979 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Berberido aetnensis-Crataegion laciniatae Gianguzzi et al. 2011 | Supramediterranean relict orophilous scrub of northern Sicily | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Genistion specioso-equisetiformis Rivas-Mart. et F. Valle in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 | Prevalently Baetic Iberian thermo-mesomediterranean dry-subhumid genistpoid retamal on calcarous and ultramafic soils | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Fraxino orni-Cotinion Soó 1960 | Thermophilous mantle vegetation of southen Pannonian oak forests | Cotinion Soó 1960 (sensu Horvát 1977); Orno-Cotinion Soó 1960 (orig. form) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Cytision sessilifolii Biondi in Biondi et al. 1989 | Submediterranean thermophilous broom scrub of submontane and montane belts of Central and Southern Apennines | Cytision sessilifolii Biondi in Biondi et al. 1988 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Genistion floridae Rivas-Mart. 1974 | Western Iberian upper meso-supramediterranean and submediterranean subhumid-humid genistoid retamal | Adenocarpion argyrophylli Vicente Orellana et Galán de Mera 2008 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Retamion sphaerocarpae Rivas-Mart. 1981 | Ibero-Lusitanian Iberian thermo-supramediterranean semiarid continental semiarid retamal | Cytiso-Retamion Rivas Goday 1980; Genistion haenselero-polyanthii Pérez Latorre et Cabezudo 2002 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Genisto spartioidis-Phlomidion almeriensis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1969 | Almerian (south Iberian) Infra-mesomediterranean semiarid-dry retamoid scrub on calcarous and ultramafic substrates | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Genisto scorpii-Retamion sphaerocarpae Rivas-Mart. et Costa in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 | Iberolevantine thermo-mesomediterranean (and rarely supramediterranean) semiarid to subhumid retamal on calcareous soils | Chronantho-Retamion Rivas Goday 1980 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Junipero excelsae-Quercion pubescentis Jakucs 1960 | Thermophilous pseudomaquis replacing oak forests of Crimea | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Syringo-Carpinion orientalis Jakucs 1959 | Thermophilous mantle communities of oak forests of central and southern Balkan Peninsula | Paliuro-Carpinion orientalis Cristurean et Teculescu 1968; Orno-Colurnion Borza 1958 (orig. form) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Genista aetnensis | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.8 | Western Palaearctic temperate thickets | wider |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.2. | Moors and heathland | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F3.2 | Submediterranean deciduous thickets and brushes | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F3.2 | Mediterraneo-montane broadleaved deciduous thickets | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F3.2 | Mediterraneo-montane broadleaved deciduous thickets | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F3.2 | Mediterraneo-montane broadleaved deciduous thickets | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F2.5 | Sub-mediterranean broadleaved deciduous thickets | same |