EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > F - Heathland, scrub and tundra > F7 - Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation) > F7.3 - East Mediterranean phrygana

East Mediterranean phrygana

English name: East Mediterranean phrygana

Description (English)

Spiny shrublands, widespread at low and middle altitudes in the eastern Mediterranean and Anatolian regions. Sarcopoterium spinosum is a common dominant in the Aegean region.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F7.3
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F7)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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
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	Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas	5420	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Endemic phryganas of the Euphorbio-Verbascion	5430	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Micromerion Oberd. 1954	Thermo-mesomediterranean phrygana on rocky calcareous soils of northern Hellas	Dorycnio-Coridothymion capitati (Oberd. 1954) S. Brullo et al. 1997; Coridothymion Oberd. 1954	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sarcopoterio spinosi-Genistion fasselatae Costa et al. 1984	Thermo-mesomediterranean phrygana on sandy and loamy soils of Cyprus	Sarcopoterio spinosi-Genistion sphacelatae Costa et al. 1984	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Sarcopoterium spinosum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Sarcopoterium spinosum		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.3.	Sclerophyllous vegetation	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F7.3	East Mediterranean phrygana	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F7.3	East Mediterranean phrygana	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F7.3	East Mediterranean phrygana	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F7.3	East Mediterranean phrygana	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F6.3	East Mediterranean phrygana	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F5.3	East Mediterranean phryganas	same

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