West Mediterranean tamarisk thickets

Description (English)

Tamarix gallica, Tamarix africana or Tamarix canariensis thickets of watercourse galleries, humid depressions and slightly saline coastal flats in Iberia, southern and western France, peninsular Italy, the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Maltese Islands and mediterranean North Africa. The accompanying flora comprises Scirpus holoschoenus, Saccharum ravennae, Arundo donax, Brachypodium phoenicoides, Piptatherum miliaceum, Asparagus acutifolius, Equisetum ramosissimum, Rubia peregrina, Rubia longifolia, Rubia angustifolia, Dittrichia viscosa.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code S93131

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

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Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) F9.3131 West Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F9.3131 West Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F9.3131 West Mediterranean tamarisk thickets same
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