EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > S - Heathland, scrub and tundra > S5 - Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub > S51 - Mediterranean maquis and arborescent matorral > S51L - Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues

Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues

Description (English)

Garrigues invaded and dominated by the high tussocks of Ampelodesmos mauritanica; typically thermo-Mediterranean, they also occur extensively in the meso-Mediterranean zone. They are most prevalent on the Tyrrhenian coast of central and southern Italy, in Sicily, in the Mediterranean zone and the less arid parts of the Saharo-Mediterranean transition zone of North Africa.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code S51L
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	F5.53	Same	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

Flowering Plants Ampelodesmos mauritanica

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Ampelodesmos mauritanica		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	F5.53	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F5.53	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.53	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F5.53	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.53	Ampelodesmos mauritanica -dominated garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.23	Ampelodesmos mauritanica-dominated garrigues	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F2.23	Diss-dominated garrigues	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.23	Diss-dominated garrigues	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.23	Diss-dominated garrigues	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	32.23		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	32.23		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	32.23		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	32.23		same

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