Thermomediterranean juniper scrub of the coastal dune systems of the Central and Eastern Mediterranean seaboards
Asparago orientalis-Juniperion macrocarpae (Díez Garretas et Asensi 2014) Mucina in Mucina et al. 2016
Asparago orientalis-Juniperion macrocarpae (Díez Garretas et Asensi 2014) Mucina in Mucina et al. 2016
qui19 | The syntaxonomic synthesis of the Juniperus macrocarpa dominated costal dune scrub (Díez Garretas & Asensi 2014) in the Mediterranean reveals two floristically and geographically characterised units, interpreted as the suballiances Juniperenion turbinatae and Asparago orientalis-Juniperenion macrocarpae. The synoptic table in Díez Garretas & Asensi (2014: Tab. 1, columns 38−44) supports the floristic identity of the Asparago orientalis-Juniperenion macrocarpae, which we up-rank here onto the level of a new alliance the Asparago orientalis-Juniperion macrocarpae, recognising the Rubio tenuifoliae-Juniperetum macrocarpae Géhu et al. 1992 (Colloq. Phytosociol. 19: 554−555, Tab. 28, rel. 13) as the holotypus (hoc loco) of the alliance. The diagnostic taxa of the alliance are: Anthyllis hermanniae, Asparagus aphyllus subsp. orientalis, Erica manipuliflora, Genista acanthoclada, Juniperus macrocarpa and Salvia fruticosa. (L. Mucina).