EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > S - Heathland, scrub and tundra > S5 - Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub > S54 - Thermomediterranean arid scrub > S541 - Mediterranean pre-desert scrub

Mediterranean pre-desert scrub

Description (English)

Shrub formations constituting, with the halo-nitrophilous scrubs (unit S6624) and the localized gypsum scrubs (unit S653), much of the natural and semi-natural vegetation of the arid zone of southeastern Spain (Almeria, Murcia, Alicante), a highly distinctive region of unique climatological, biological and landscape character within Europe, extremely rich in African and endemic species. Several of the most remarkable formations remain in only a few undisturbed localities and are gravely at risk. Similar formations occur in the upper arid (Mediterranean arid) zone of North Africa. Outposts of these communities also exist in Sicily, the Egadi islands, the Pelagie islands, the Maltese Islands and Pantelleria.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code S541
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)	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	F5.55	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

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	F5.55	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F5.55	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.55	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F5.55	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.55	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.25	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F2.25	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.25	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.25	Mediterranean pre-desert scrub	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	32.25		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	32.25		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	32.25		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	32.25		same

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