Endemic forests with Juniperus spp

Description (English)

Medium altitude forest formations dominated by Juniperus spp.
Subtypes:
Pal. 42.A2 Spanish juniper woods (Juniperon thuriferae): Forest formations dominated by Juniperus thuriferae of Spain (calcareous substrates in the supra-Mediterranean levels of the Iberian Range and neighbouring plateaux, often with Pinus sylvestris, Pinus salzmannii, Juniperus hemisphaerica and Berberis hispanica; enclaves on the periphery of and within the Sierra de Guadarrama, occurring both on rare local limestone deposits and in a few siliceous stations; dry, warm, rocky, calcareous southern slopes of the Cordillera Cantabrica, between the Rio Pisuerga and the Rio Luna, with Juniperus nana, Juniperus sabina, Berberis vulgaris ssp. cantabrica, Rhamnus alpinus, Viburnum lantana; gypsiferous soils of the Ebro basin, with Rhamnus lycioides; clay soils of the Campo de Montiel; Sierra Taibilla), southern France (Montagne de Rie); warm calcareous supra-Mediterranean slopes of the south-western Alps, in Drôme, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, between 700 and 1200 metres; warm calcareous supra-Mediterranean slopes of the Isère valley, in the western Alps, between 300 and 500 metres; valleys in the interior of Corsica -Pinnera, Rudda, Pruniccia - sometimes mixed with Pinus laricio.
Pal. 42.A3 Grecian juniper woods (Juniperetum excelsae): Forest formations dominated by Juniperus excelsa, of the Ostryo-Carpinion zone of the mountains of northern Greece (up to 900-1000m, around lake Prespa).
Pal. 42.A4 Stinking juniper woods: Forest formations dominated by Juniperus foetidissima on adrets of the upper supra-Mediterranean level in Greece.
Pal. 42.A5 Syrian juniper woods: Juniperus drupacea woods of the northern slopes of Mount Parnon, Greece.
Pal. 42.A8 Macaronesian juniper woods: Juniperus cedrus formations of the high altitudes in Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Gran Canaria, restricted to steep rocky slopes; Juniperus phoenicea formations of Tenerife, La Palma, Hierro, Gran Canaria, La Gomera (Maytenio-Juniperion phoeniceae p.); endemic Juniperus brevifolia formations of the Azores (Juniperion brevifoliae p.).