THE SCRUBLAND OF LIMESTONE-DERIVED DECARBONATED SOILS OF THE WESTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA

José Carlos Costa, Carlos Pinto-Gomes, Maria Carmo Lopes, Carlos Neto, Tiago Monteiro-Henriques, Pedro Arsénio, Vasco Silva, Jorge Capelo, Mário Lousã, Salvador Rivas-Martínez

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Abstract

In the present article, the proposal of a new suballiance, Lavandulo luisieri-Cistenion albidi, is presented, constituted by chamaephytic and nanophanerophytic communities in eroded decarbonated soils derived from limestones (leptosols, chromic luvisols and cambisols) in the dry to lower hyperhumid, thermo-mesomediterranean bioclimatic levels. It is distributed throughout the western Iberian Peninsula in the Coastal Lusitan-Andalusian and Lusitan-Extremadurean biogeographical territories. It is positioned in the Ulici argentei-Cistion ladaniferi, Lavanduletalia stoechadis, Cisto-Lavanduletea. The new associations Anthyllido maurae-Ulicetum jussiaei, Sedo albi-Cistetum crispi and Thymetum congesti are also described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-89
Number of pages19
JournalFinisterra
Volume56
Issue number118
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cistus
  • Mediterranean shrub communities
  • Pcoa
  • Phytosociology
  • Plant communities
  • Upgma

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