Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets

Description (English)

More continental formations of central Iberia, developed mostly on deep, moist soils in the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Meseta, the Ebro basin, the Cordillera Central, the Southern Iberian Range, the Montes de Toledo, the Sierra Morena and the western Baetic or sub-Baetic mountains, with Berberis hispanica, Prunus spinosa, Prunus mahaleb, Crataegus monogyna, Ribes uva-crispa, Rubus ulmifolius, Lonicera xylosteum, Lonicera etrusca, Amelanchier ovalis, Rhamnus saxatilis, numerous roses of the Rosa agrestis and Rosa canina aggregates (e.g. Rosa micrantha, Rosa pouzinii, Rosa corymbifera, Rosa sicula) and, locally, Hippophae rhamnoides.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code S3553

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Rosa canina
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Rosa canina Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) F3.223 Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F3.223 Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F3.223 Central Iberian sub-Mediterranean deciduous thickets same
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