Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths
Description (English)
Shrubby formations of the high mountains of the Peloponnese, of the southern mainland Greek mountains and of the Thessalian Olympus system, colonizing the altitudinal range immediately above that occupied by the communities of F7.49, as well as stony slopes with shallow soil, loose screes and humus-deficient soils within the main 1700-2200 m range of these communities. Included are true spiny hedgehog-heaths, cushiony formations of dwarf suffrutescents and bush-dominated facies of stripped grasslands. Astragalus angustifolius, Acantholimon androsaceum, Astragalus lacteus, Convolvulus cochlearis, Rindera graeca, Aster alpinus, Globularia stygia, Minuartia stellata, Erysimum pusillum, Thymus teucrioides, Alyssum kionae, Paronychia kapela, Thymus hirsutus, Anthyllis aurea, Achillea ageratifolia, Sideritis scardica, Linum flavum, Thymus boissieri and Sesleria coerulans are characteristic.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S7-53 |
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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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Acantholimon androsaceum | Flowering Plants | |
Achillea ageratifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Anthyllis aurea | Flowering Plants | |
Aster alpinus | Flowering Plants | |
Astragalus angustifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Astragalus lacteus | Flowering Plants | |
Convolvulus cochlearis | Flowering Plants | |
Erysimum pusillum | Flowering Plants | |
Globularia stygia | Styx Globularia | Flowering Plants |
Linum flavum | Flowering Plants | |
Minuartia stellata | Flowering Plants | |
Paronychia kapela | Flowering Plants | |
Rindera graeca | Flowering Plants | |
Sesleria coerulans | Flowering Plants | |
Sideritis scardica | Flowering Plants | |
Thymus boissieri | Flowering Plants | |
Thymus hirsutus | Flowering Plants | |
Thymus teucrioides | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F7.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F7.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F7.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F7.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F7.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F6.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F5.4A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.7A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.7A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.7A | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.7A | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.7A | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.7A | same |