Southwest cantabro-atlantic expression of coastal thorny woodland-fringe communities

Abstract

This study analyses thorny woodland-fringe communities of the deciduous woodlands of the south-western Cantabro-Atlantic Sub-Province (coasts of Galicia, Spain), particularly those situated in the thermotemperate belt and showing greater oceanality, floristically manifested by the presence of Ulex gr. europaeus, and Mediterranean influence. Comparative study of these communities allows identification of a new association, Asparago aphylli-Prunetum spinosae. © 2006, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.