P11
West- and middle-Mediterranean sand-dune vegetation complexes with Cakile maritima, Euphorbia peplis on fore-dunes, Sporobolus pungens, Elymus farctus subsp. farctus, Calystegia soldanella, Anthemis maritima, Ammophila arenaria subsp. arundinacea, Echinophora spinosa on white dunes, Crucianella maritima, Ephedra distachya, Helichrysum conglobatum, Helichrysum italicum on brown dunes and scrub (Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. macrocarpa, Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata, Pistacia lentiscus)
Description
Single- to two-layered vegetation consisting of rhizome geophytes, chamaephytes as well as many therophytes. Zonation: a) fore-dunes, b) white dunes, c) brown dunes, d) scrub.
Tree Layer
No detail
Shrub Layer
d) Juniperus macrocarpa (Greek Juniper (tiny & bush)), Pistacia lentiscus (Mastic Tree), Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata (Greek Juniper (tiny & bush)), Erica multiflora (heather), Thymelaea ruizii (wild_shrub), Phillyrea latifolia (Green Olive), Olea europaea (Olive), Myrtus communis (Olive Bush)
Lianas
d) Rubia peregrina (sweet_woodruff), Asparagus acutifolius (wood_horsetail), Clematis flammula (Flowering Alder Buckthorn), Smilax aspera (ivy-variant trees)
Herb Layer
a) Cakile maritima (simbelmyne), Euphorbia peplis (alpine_bearberry), b) Elymus farctus subsp. farctus (kentucky_bluegrass), Anthemis maritima (sweet_woodruff), Ammophila arenaria subsp. arundinacea (greater_fen_sedge), c) Helichrysum conglobatum (wormwood), Crucianella maritima (dogs_mercury), Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (wormwood), Medicago marina (dogs_mercury), Otanthus maritimus (dogs_mercury), Cyperus capitatus (common_meadow_grass), Ephedra distachya (sweet_grass), Cutandia maritima (common_meadow_grass), Pancratium maritimum
Low-lying coastal areas throughout Gondor
