Aegean phrygana

Description (English)

Low, thorny formations of hemispherical shrubs of the coastal thermo-Mediterranean zone of Aegean islands, of mainland Greece and the Ionian islands, of coastal Anatolia and Crete (up to 1000 m a.s.l.), with Sarcopoterium spinosum, Centaurea spinosa, Satureja thymbra, Thymus capitatus, Genista acanthoclada, Anthyllis hermanniae, Euphorbia acanthothamnos, Stachys spinosa, Ballota pseudodictamnus, Ballota acetabulosa, Erica manipuliflora, Rhamnus oleoides, Lithospermum hispidulum, Fumana arabica, Fumana thymifolia, Cistus creticus, Cistus parviflorus, Cistus salvifolius, Pistacia lentiscus, Teucrium brevifolium, Teucrium divaricatum, Teucrium polium, Calicotome villosa, Micromeria graeca, Micromeria juliana, Micromeria nervosa, Salvia triloba, Ononis spinosa, Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum, Helichrysum italicum ssp. italicum, Phagnalon graecum, Phlomis fruticosa,much more widespread and diverse than the western Mediterranean formations. The subunits are based on physiognomically significant dominants.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification