S5-1J8 - Fourrés à Myrte

Myrtle thickets

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Myrtus communis-dominated thickets. Particularly noteworthy formations occur in the Balearics (Clematidi-Myrtetum), in southern Iberia, in Sardinia, in the Aegean, in the eastern Mediterranean coastal regions, in North Africa. Myrtle thickets can in favourable situations reach a height of a few metres, grading into arborescent matorral (unit S5124).

Bibliographie

 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)