S24 Subalpine genistoid scrub of the Amphi-Adriatic region

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Genistoid heath and scrub of high mountains in Italy and the Balkans, often in primary grassy mosaics at higher altitudes, but also extending below the timberline where wood-cutting and grazing open up the forest cover and sustain the vegetation as an anthropogenic replacement.

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.

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