Mediterranean halo-nitrophilous scrubs
Description (English)
Nitrophilous scrubby formations typically of dry soils and arid climates, often greyish-white and semidesert-like, sometimes including taller, denser scrub. They are most frequent in the eastern Iberian peninsula, where characteristic shrubs include Peganum harmala, Artemisia herba-alba, Lycium intricatum, Capparis ovata and the Chenopodiaceae Salsola vermiculata, Salsola genistoides, Salsola verticillata, Suaeda pruinosa, Atriplex halimus, Atriplex glauca, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Anabasis articulata and Haloxylon articulatum. In the eastern Mediterranean species like Artemisia arborescens, Piptatherum miliaceum, Smyrnium apifolium, Atriplex halimus, Ruta chelepensis and Anagyris foetida are typical.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S6-52 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
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Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Anabasis articulata | Flowering Plants | |
Anagyris foetida | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia arborescens | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia herba-alba | Flowering Plants | |
Atriplex glauca | Flowering Plants | |
Atriplex halimus | Flowering Plants | |
Camphorosma monspeliaca | Flowering Plants | |
Capparis ovata | Flowering Plants | |
Haloxylon articulatum | Flowering Plants | |
Lycium intricatum | Flowering Plants | |
Peganum harmala | Flowering Plants | |
Piptatherum miliaceum | Flowering Plants | |
Salsola genistoides | Flowering Plants | |
Salsola vermiculata | Flowering Plants | |
Salsola verticillata | Flowering Plants | |
Suaeda pruinosa | Flowering Plants |