Phoenix theophrasti vegetation
Description (English)
Sparse groves with the palm tree Phoenix theophrasti, found on the island of Crete and in south-western Anatolia. The habitat may be riparian (with the palm forming temporarily inundated gallery forest along permanent fresh or brackish waters) or related to seasonally or episodically flooded valleys.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T25 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Phoenix theophrasti | Creta Date Palm | Flowering Plants |
Juncus heldreichianus | Flowering Plants | |
Nerium oleander | Flowering Plants | |
Anthemis chia | Flowering Plants | |
Capparis spinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Arisarum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Petromarula pinnata | Flowering Plants | |
Asparagus aphyllus | Flowering Plants | |
Malcolmia flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Arum creticum | Flowering Plants | |
Vitex agnus-castus | Flowering Plants | |
Parietaria cretica | Flowering Plants | |
Brassica cretica | Flowering Plants | |
Urtica pilulifera | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Phoenix theophrasti | Creta Date Palm | Flowering Plants |
Arisarum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Pistacia lentiscus | Flowering Plants | |
Nerium oleander | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus heldreichianus | Flowering Plants | |
Geranium purpureum | Flowering Plants | |
Smilax aspera | Flowering Plants | |
Piptatherum miliaceum | Flowering Plants | |
Asparagus aphyllus | Flowering Plants | |
Schoenus nigricans | Flowering Plants | |
Anagallis arvensis | Flowering Plants | |
Vitex agnus-castus | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium campestre | Flowering Plants | |
Theligonum cynocrambe | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpoides holoschoenus | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Phoenix theophrasti | Creta Date Palm | Flowering Plants |
Nerium oleander | Flowering Plants | |
Pistacia lentiscus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus heldreichianus | Flowering Plants | |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G2.53 | Anatolian Phoenix theophrasti groves | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G2.5 | Phoenix groves | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G2.51 | Cretan Phoenix theophrasti groves | wider |
European Red List of Habitats | G2.5a | South-Aegean Phoenix grove | same |