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Concept: Garrigue in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/F6
Preferred label Garrigue
Definition Evergreen sclerophyllous or lauriphyllous shrub vegetation, with an open canopy structure and some bare ground, usually with many winter annuals and vernal geophytes. Low shrubs of [Cistus], [Lavandula], [Rosmarinus] and [Stoechas] are usually present, and there may be some larger shrubs and scattered trees. Garrigue is found mostly in the Mediterranean, Macaronesian and Pontic regions, where it typically derives from degradation or regrowth of broad-leaved evergreen forests (G2), but it extends into deciduous forest areas in the supra-Mediterranean zone and sub-Mediterranean zones and into steppe areas in Anatolia. Includes scrubby land with mainly herbaceous vegetation and a large component of unpalatable non-vernal monocots ([Asphodelus], [Urginea]) and thistles, provided that shrub cover exceeds 10%.
Notation F6
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note
  • Physis habitat from which the description is taken includes this EUNIS habitat
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