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Xero-halophile scrubs

English name: Xero-halophile scrubs

Description (English)

Salt-tolerant shrub formations of dry ground in low-precipitation areas of the mediterranean zone, in particular, the Iberian peninsula and Sicily, and of the Macaronesian Islands.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F6.8
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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]

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea)	1430	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Haloxylo tamariscifolii-Atriplicion glaucae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. ex Rigual 1972	Halo-nitrophilous thermo-mesomediterranean shrub on well-drained soils of southern Iberian Peninsula and Maghreb	Atriplicion glaucae Folch 1981; Hammado articulatae-Atriplicion glaucae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. ex Rigual 1972 nom. mut. propos.; Haloxylo-Atriplicion glaucae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963	Schaminee et al, 2012
Artemision lerchianae Golub 1994	Moderately grazed Caspian desert vegetation on loamy soils	Anabasion aphyllae Golub 1987; Anabasion aphyllae Golub et Savchenko 1986; Artemision lerchianae Golub 1987; Artemision lerchianae Golub et Savchenko 1986	Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphorbion seguieranae Golub 1994	Caspian desert vegetation on stabilized sandy dunes	Artemision tschernievianae Golub et Savchenko 1986; Euphorbion seguieranae Golub 1987	Schaminee et al, 2012
Artemisio thusculae-Rumicion lunariae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993	Canarian infra-mesomediterranean halo-nitrophilous low scrub in regions of semi-arid to subhumid climate		Schaminee et al, 2012
Crucianellion rupestris S. Brullo et Furnari 1990	Subaerohaline coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of European and North African coasts of Lybian Sea	Crucianellion rupestris S. Brullo et Furnari 1981	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salsolo vermiculatae-Peganion harmalae Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1954	Semi-desertic inland sub-continental halo-nitrophilous scrub on clay soils of meso-supramediterranean regions of Iberian Peninsula	Salsolo-Fagonion creticae Rivas Goday et Rigual 1958; Salsolo-Artemision Folch 1981	Schaminee et al, 2012
Launaeo arborescentis-Schizogynion sericeae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993	Canarian inframediterranean halo-nitrophilous arid scrub		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salsolo oppositifoliae-Suaedion fruticosae Rigual 1972	Halo-nitrophilous thermomediterranean scrub on clay soils of dry coastal murciano-almerian regions of southern Iberian Peninsula	Salsolo oppositifoliae-Carthamion arborescentis Rigual 1972 nom. invers. propos.; Salsolo oppositifoliae-Suaedion verae Rigual 1972 nom. mut. propos.; Carthamo arborescentis-Salsolion oppositifoliae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963; Salsolo oppositifoliae-Suaedion mollis Rigual 1973 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Artemision arborescentis Géhu et Biondi 1986	Sub-nitrophilous coastal scrub of Tyrrhenian Sea basin	Artemision arborescentis Géhu et Biondi 1994	Schaminee et al, 2012
Lycio europaei-Ipomoeion purpureae O. de Bolòs ex Mucina all. nov. hoc loco	Halo-nitrophilous thermomediterranean xeric thorny scrub on loamy soils of Iberian Peninsula	Ipomoeo purpureae-Lycion europaei O. de Bolòs 1988 nom. invers. propos.; Lycio europaei-Ipomoeion purpureae O. de Bolòs 1988	Schaminee et al, 2012
Atriplici halimi-Suaedion verae Géhu et al. ex Bergmeier et Dimopoulos 2003	Halo-nitrophilous scrub of coastal sands and cliffs of eastern Mediterranean	Atriplici halimi-Suaedion verae Géhu et al. 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Medicagini citrinae-Lavaterion arboreae O. de Bolòs et Vigo in O. de Bolòs et al. 1984	Ornitho-coprophilous thermomediterranean coastal semi-arid scrub of Mediterettanean	Lavaterion maritimae Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001; Lavaterion maritimae Rivas-Mart. et Cantó in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002	Schaminee et al, 2012
Argyranthemo suculenti-Calendulion maderensis Capelo et al. 2000	Madeiran halo-nitrophilous coastal low scrub		Schaminee et al, 2012
Artemisio glutinosae-Santolinion rosmarinifoliae Costa 1975	Ibero-atlantic meso-oromediterranean sub-nitrophilous and nitrophilous chamaephyte scrub on deep acid soils		Schaminee et al, 2012
Chenoleion tomentosae Sunding 1972	Infra-thermomediterranean arid low scrub on sandy soils of Canary Islands	Chenoleidion tomentosae Sunding 1972 nom. mut.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Nicotiano glaucae-Ricinion communis Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999	Western Mediterranean and Canarian infra-thermomediterranean arid tall-scrub neophyte-dominates vegetation		Schaminee et al, 2012
Santolinion pectinato-canescentis Peinado et Martínez-Parras 1984	Iberian thermo-supramediterranean sub-nitrophilous and nitrophilous chamaephyte scrub on basic soils		Schaminee et al, 2012
Anthyllidion barbae-jovis S. Brullo et De Marco 1989	Subaerohaline coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of eastern Tyrrhenian Sea	Plantagini-Thymelaeion hirsutae Bartolo et S. Brullo ex Mayer 1995; Helichrysion litorei Biondi 2007; Helichrysion litorei Biondi in Biondi et al. 2013; Plantagini-Thymelaeion hirsutae Bartolo et S. Brullo in Bartolo et al. 1992	Schaminee et al, 2012
Helichrysion obconico-devium Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002	Vegetation of salt-sprayed coastal cliffs of Madeira		Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	15.7	Mediterraneo-Canarian xero-halophile scrubs	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.2.	Moors and heathland	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F6.8	Xero-halophile scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F6.8	Xero-halophile scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F6.8	Xero-halophile scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F6.8	Xero-halophile scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F5.4	Mediterraneo-Canarian xero-halophile scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B4.4	Mediterraneo-Canarian xero-halophile scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.7	Mediterraneo-Canarian xero-halophile scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.7	Mediterraneo-Canarian xero-halophile scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.7		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.7		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.7		same

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