C27: Central Iberian oro-Mediterranean pine forests (Pinus sylvestris var. iberica) with Juniperus communis subsp. alpina et subsp. hemisphaerica, Cytisus oromediterraneus, Deschampsia flexuosa subsp. iberica on siliceous rocks

CountrySpain
Province Castilian Scheidegebirge
References

Ladero Alvarez, Díaz González, Penas Merino, Rivas-Martínez & Valle Gutierrez 1987; Peinado Lorca & Rivas-Martínez (Ed.) 1987; Rivas-Martínez 1987; Rivas-Martínez, Belmonte, Cantó, Fernández-González, Fuente de la, Moreno, Sánchez-Mata & Sancho 1987; Sánchez-Mata 1989

Remarks

CONIF
BLD
BLE
SCL
LEG
ZONPALM
ARBFERN
D-HERB
M-HERB
AZONAL WOODY
AZONAL NON-WOODY
AQUATIC
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
Sum of taxa
CONIF
2.00
BLD
0.20
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.40
LEG
0.40
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
4.40
M-HERB
1.60
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Percentage of zonal taxa
CONIF
22.22
BLD
2.22
BLE
0.00
SCL
4.44
LEG
4.44
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
48.89
M-HERB
17.78
Percentage of zonal woody angiosperms
BLD
20.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
40.00
LEG
40.00
ZONPALM
0.00
Sum of all taxa9.00
Sum of zonal taxa9.00
Sum of zonal woody angiosperms1.00
Sum of % SCL + LEG80.00
Sum of % D-HERB + M-HERB (ZONAL HERB)66.67

Vegetation types

No vegetation types.

EuroVegMap information

Title

Central Iberian oro-Mediterranean pine forests (Pinus sylvestris var. iberica) with Juniperus communis subsp. alpina et subsp. hemisphaerica, Cytisus oromediterraneus, Deschampsia flexuosa subsp. iberica on siliceous rocks

Geographical distribution

Country/territory
Spain: Castilian Scheidegebirge: La Serrota, Sierra de Guadarrama; sector Guadarrámico. subsector Paramero-Serrotense (sector Bejarano-Gredense)
area covered
800 km²
area frequency
4 polygons.

Scientific names of main plant communities and their most common synonyms (with author citation)

Senecioni carpetani-Cytisetum oromediterranei R. Tüxen & Oberdorfer 1958 corr. Rivas-Martínez 1987 (= Junipero nanae-Sarothamnetum purgantis Rivas-Martínez 1963; Junipero nanae-Cytisetum oromediterranei Rivas-Martínez 1963 corr. Rivas-Martínez & al. 1987).

Structural feature of the main community(ies) (layers, life-forms, etc.)

Dense scrub consisting of juniper and the broom Genista benehoavensis under a tree layer consisting of pine and a herb layer of mainly perennial sweetgrasses.

Dominant and most frequent species in different layers

Tree layer
Pinus sylvestris var. iberica
Shrub layer
Cytisus oromediterraneus, Juniperus communis subsp. alpina
Lianas
---
Herb layer
Deschampsia flexuosa subsp. iberica, Leucanthemopsis alpina, Festuca summilusitana, Armeria caespitosa, Senecio carpetanus, Hieracium argyrocomum
Moss layer (incl. lichens)
No details

Diagnostically important species

Pinus sylvestris var. iberica; Juniperus communis subsp. alpina; Armeria caespitosa, Hieracium argyrocomum, Festuca summilusitana

Ecological variants

No details

Geographical variants (geogr. differential species)

Cytisetosum oromediterranei: typically oro-Mediterranean; adenocarpetosum hispanici: lower oro-Mediterranean with Adenocarpus hispanicus; arctostaphyletosum crassifoliae: oro-Mediterranean in drier and more continental areas with Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. crassifolia; ericetosum aragonensis: lower oro-Mediterranean and ayollense with Erica australis; populetosum tremulae: lower oro-Mediterranean on valley bottoms and glacial mountain terraces with edaphic compensation with Populus tremula; genistetosum cinarescentis: upper supra-Mediterranean and lower oro-Mediterranean rather dry regions with Genista cinerea; juniperetosum nanae: upper oro-Mediterranean with Hieracium myriadenum; pinetosum sylvestris: upper oro-Mediterranean with more continentality with Pinus sylvestris var. iberica.

Natural accompanying vegetation (most important units in complex with the name giving mapping unit, scientific names)

large blocky debris communities: Cryptogrammo crispae-Dryopteridetum oreadis; Digitali carpetanae-Senecietum caespitosae on debris-rich snow soils; rock communities: Hieracio amplexicaulis-Saxifragetum orogredensis, Saxifragetum willkommiannae.

Adjoining climax and permanent vegetation (with numbers of mapping units)

alpine grasslands (B49), species-poor beech forests (F99), Quercus pyrenaica-forests (G64, G66), Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia-forests (J6).

Land use, substitute communities

forestry (substitute communities, plantations of economic tree-species, scrub)
Plantations.
grassland (meadows, pastures, herb-rich communities)
Pasture grounds: Hieracio castellani-Festucetum aragonensis. Arenario querioidis-Festucetum summilustanae; matgrass communities: Poo legionensis-Nardetum strictae at La Serrota; Campanulo herminii-Nardetum strictae at Páramo, Guadarráma; Luzulo carpetanae-Juncetum squarrosi with greater moisture; therophytic pasture lands: Triseto ovati-Agrostietum truncatulae.
arable land (characteristic weed communities)
---
settlements (typical ruderal vegetation)
No details

Site conditions of the mapping unit

Landscape type, geomorphology
mountains
Altitudinal belt and/or altitudinal range
1600-2250 m; oro-Mediterranean and supra Mediterranean
Geology (bedrock)
metamorphic siliceous rock (Palaeozoic)
Soil conditions
soil type, also the depth of fine textured earth (soil), stone content; (international nomenclature)
podzolized brown soils, similar to subalpine brown ranker; (dystric, lithic and umbric leptosols; stony dystric cambisols)
soil texture
stony
soil moisture, water balance
moderately dry, dry
soil reaction
acidic, weakly acidic
soil fertility
oligotrophic, oligo-mesotrophic
Climate incl. local climate
climate type (following Walter & Lieth)
X
average annual temperature
4-8 °C
average annual precipitation
1000-1600 mm
average temperature of the warmest month
12-16 °C
average temperature of the coldest month
-3 to -1 °C
local climate or other climatic peculiarities
humid, hyperhumid.

Importance for nature protection

Present state and development trend of natural vegetation (degree of endangerment)
No details
endangered communities, species worthy of protection in natural vegetation
No details
causes of endangerment
Tourism, ski sport.
required measures for protection and restitution
No details

Localities of representative stands (loci typici) with state of protection

of the natural vegetation
Spain: Sierra de Guadarrama, La Paramera and La Serrota.
of characteristic substitute communities worthy of protection
---

Most important references (author, year)

Ladero Alvarez, Díaz González, Penas Merino, Rivas-Martínez & Valle Gutierrez 1987; Peinado Lorca & Rivas-Martínez (Ed.) 1987; Rivas-Martínez 1987; Rivas-Martínez, Belmonte, Cantó, Fernández-González, Fuente de la, Moreno, Sánchez-Mata & Sancho 1987; Sánchez-Mata 1989

Compiled by

A. Penas Merino and L. Herrero Cembranos

© Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)
Texts were extracted from the EuroVegMap application with permission from the authors.

Taxons

Taxon
CONIF
BLD
BLE
SCL
LEG
ZONPALM
ARBFERN
D-HERB
M-HERB
AZONAL WOODY
AZONAL NON-WOODY
AQUATIC
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
Taxon
Armeria caespitosa
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.90
M-HERB
0.10
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Cytisus oromediterraneus
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.20
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.40
LEG
0.40
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.00
M-HERB
0.00
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Deschampsia flexuosa subsp. iberica
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.70
M-HERB
0.30
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Festuca summilusitana
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.60
M-HERB
0.40
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Hieracium argyrocomum
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.80
M-HERB
0.20
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Juniperus communis subsp. alpina
CONIF
1.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.00
M-HERB
0.00
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Leucanthemopsis alpina
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.70
M-HERB
0.30
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Pinus sylvestris var. iberica
CONIF
1.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.00
M-HERB
0.00
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00
Taxon
Senecio carpetanus
CONIF
0.00
BLD
0.00
BLE
0.00
SCL
0.00
LEG
0.00
ZONPALM
0.00
ARBFERN
0.00
D-HERB
0.70
M-HERB
0.30
AZONAL WOODY
0.00
AZONAL NON-WOODY
0.00
AQUATIC
0.00
PROBLEMATIC TAXA
0.00

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