42.A9 - Prickly juniper woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Woods dominated by Juniperus oxycedrus s.l.. Most Juniperus oxycedrus formations are thickets, scrubs or, at most, arborescent matorrals, listed under units 32.131, 32.45, 32.55, 32.B5 or, in dunal formations, unit 16.271. A few, however, qualify as woodland.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Garcia and Purroy, 1973; Zohary, 1973; Diez & al., 1975; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1980; Géhu, 1985; Veri and Pacioni, 1985; Peinado Lorca and Rivas-Martinez, 1987; Turland & al., 1993: 6; Jahn and Schönfelder, 1995: 17-18.