Coastal Helichrysum garrigues
Description (English)
Low formations of Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum, Helichrysum italicum ssp. italicum) with spurges (Euphorbia pithyusa, i.a.), Pistacia lentiscus, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Artemisia densiflora or Thymelaea passerina, Thymelaea hirsuta, Thymelaea tartonraira of the immediate vicinity of sea cliffs, forming the transition between cliff vegetations or clifftop phryganas and thermo-Mediterranean scrub; they are particularly characteristic of the large Mediterranean islands.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S5-1J7 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
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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Camphorosma monspeliaca | Flowering Plants | |
Euphorbia pithyusa | Flowering Plants | |
Pistacia lentiscus | Flowering Plants | |
Thymelaea hirsuta | Flowering Plants | |
Thymelaea passerina | Flowering Plants | |
Thymelaea tartonraira | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F5.517 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F5.517 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F5.517 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F5.512 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F2.212 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 32.217 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 32.217 | Coastal Helichrysum garrigues | same |