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 F7.4A |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F7) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
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 |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse | 4090 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
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 lacteus | 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 |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.7A | Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.3. | Sclerophyllous vegetation | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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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 |