Moesian Christ's thorn brush

English name: Moesian Christ's thorn brush

Description (English)

Paliurus spina-christi-dominated thickets, usually dense and sometimes tall, often monodominated, with a Moesian subcontinental accompanying flora, of the hills of the Balkan Range, the Moeso-Macedonian Mountains, the Rhodope Mountains, and more locally, of the extreme southeastern Dinarides, of the Pelagonides, the Pindus, the Thessalian Mountains.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code F3.2433

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Paliurus spina-christi
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Paliurus spina-christi Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.8B33 Moesian Christ's thorn brush source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F3.2433 Moesian Christ's thorn brush same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F3.2433 Moesian Christ's thorn brush same
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