S54 Thermomediterranean arid scrub
Scrub with a usually low and rather open cover of shrubs with sub-shrubs, dwarf shrubs and herbs between, on dry soils of varied composition in the thermomediterranean belt, and of very diverse local composition. Primary and permanent in more arid and exposed situations, but can be successional to a forest and often much affected by grazing.
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Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.
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