Le Teucrio salviastri—Quercetum rotundifoliae, nouvelle association forestière de chêne à feuilles rondes des montagnes du centre—nord du Portugal

Abstract

Here is proposed a new Quercus rotundifolia Lam. forest association, silicicolous, upper mesomediterranean to supramediterranean, subhumid to humid, present in the « Estrelense, Toledano—tagano et Galaico-português » sectors, with a edaphoxerophilous character, named Teucrio salviastri—Quercetum rotundfoliae ass. nov. Their floristic, ecologic and dynamic particularities are exposed. It's also presented a comparison with the others holm—oak communities described in the Paeonio broteroi—Quercenion rotundifoliae Rivas-Martínez in Rivas-Martínez, Costa & Izco 1986 sub—alliance and ecologically present in the meso—and supramediterranean bioclimatic levels. © 2010, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.