EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > S - Heathland, scrub and tundra > S5 - Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub > S5-1 - Mediterranean maquis and arborescent matorral > S5-1J - Thermo-Mediterranean brushes, thickets and heath-garrigues > S5-1J6 - Laurus thickets

Laurus thickets

Description (English)

Laurus nobilis thickets of humid or fresh stations of thermo-mediterranean regions, low-growing facies of unit F5.18, noted in particular in Sardinia, Sicily, the Maltese Islands, Campania and Crete.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code S5-1J6
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Laurus thickets	F5.516	Same	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Laurus nobilis

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Laurus nobilis		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Not available For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	F5.516	Laurus thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F5.516	Laurus thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.516	Laurus thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.511	Laurus thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.211	Laurus thickets	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.216	Laurel thickets	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.216	Laurel thickets	same

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