Thistle fields

Description (English)

Communities of degraded terrains of the Mediterranean basin overwhelmingly dominated by facies-forming thistles, notably of genera Carthamus, Carlina, Centaurea, Onopordum, Notobasis, Galactites.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code V332

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) E1.C2 Thistle fields same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.C2 Thistle fields same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E5.12 Thistle fields same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E5.12 Thistle fields same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E5.12 Thistle fields same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E1.C2 Thistle fields same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F2.92 Thistle fields same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 32.92 Thistle fields same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 32.92 Thistle fields same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 32.92   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 32.92   same
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