Peri-Pannonic dwarf almond scrub
Description (English)
Low deciduous, more or less closed, scrub of the Hungarian Central Range, central Transylvania, the Apuseni mountains, the Eastern Carpathians, the southeastern Weinviertel and northern Bergenland of northern Austria, the southern and southeastern periphery of the Pannonic basin, east to the Chepan, Golo Bardo, Zemenska and Konyiavska hills of western Bulgaria and to the Balkan Range of eastern Serbia and Bulgaria, with Prunus fruticosa, Prunus tenella (Amygdalus nana), Prunus spinosa, Rhamnus catharticus, Rosa gallica, Rosa pimpinellifolia, Peucedanum alsaticum, Asparagus officinalis, Festuca rupicola, Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum (Agropyron pectinatum, Elymus hispidus (Agropyron intermedium), Poa angustifolia, Artemisia campestris, Euphorbia cyparissias, Salvia nemorosa, Stachys recta, Teucrium chamaedrys, Vinca herbacea. These forest steppe shrub communities have become greatly reduced throughout their range as a result of changes in land use, in particular, following the expansion of agriculture in the lowlands and low hill regions of the Danube basin.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S3-57122 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Agropyron intermedium | Flowering Plants | |
Agropyron pectinatum | Flowering Plants | |
Amygdalus nana | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia campestris | Flowering Plants | |
Asparagus officinalis | Flowering Plants | |
Elymus hispidus | Flowering Plants | |
Euphorbia cyparissias | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rupicola | Flowering Plants | |
Peucedanum alsaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Poa angustifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Prunus fruticosa | Flowering Plants | |
Prunus spinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Prunus tenella | Flowering Plants | |
Rhamnus catharticus | Flowering Plants | |
Rosa gallica | Flowering Plants | |
Rosa pimpinellifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Salvia nemorosa | Flowering Plants | |
Stachys recta | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium chamaedrys | Flowering Plants | |
Vinca herbacea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F3.24122 | Peri-Pannonic dwarf almond scrub | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F3.24122 | Peri-Pannonic dwarf almond scrub | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F3.24122 | Peri-Pannonic dwarf almond scrub | same |