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econstitution stages of the broad-leaved evergreen forests or their substitution; intermediate between
them and maquis; some are substitution stages of thermophilous Quercus or Pinus forests. CORINE:
3211, 3212, 3214.
CORINE 3211: evergreen oak matorral: meso-mediterranean arborescent matorral organised around
evergreen oaks; dense, low, coppice-like woods of evergreen oaks (see also under Quercus ilex
forests).
CORINE 3212: olive and lentisc matorral: thermo-mediterranean arborescent matorral with Olea
europaea ssp.sylvestris, O.europaea ssp.cerasiformis, Ceratonia siliqua, Pistacia lentiscus,
P.atlantica or Myrrus communis.
CORINE 3214: pine matorral: mediterranean and sub-mediterranean sclerophyllous brush and scrub
dotted by pines (Pinus spp.).
mature, forest: stands of trees that have reached the age of fructification without yet developing the
features described under "overmature forest", but have developed closed canopy conditions.
mediterranean (gen.), heath: low ericaceous maquis: CORINE 3232.
CORINE 3232: Erico sporariae-Lavandulo storchidis; Ampelodesmo-Ericetum; Erico scopariae-
Cistetum populifolii: lower (usually less than 1m high) maquis rich in Calluna vulgaris, Erica
scoparia, E.cinerea or sometimes low E.arborea; often accompanied by Cistus spp., Lavandula
stoechas and various brooms.
Mediterranean pine forest, conifer forests: Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic woods of
thermophilous pines, mostly appearing as substitution or paraclimactic stages of forests of the
Quercetalia ilicis or Ceratonio-Rhamnetalia. Long-established plantations of these pines, within their
natural area of occurrence, and with an undergrowth basically similar to that of paraclimactic
formations, are included. CORINE 42.81, 42.82, 42.84
CORINE 42.81: maritime pine forests and plantations of Pinus pinaster ssp.atlantica of south-western
France and the western Iberian peninsula.
CORINE 42.82: mesogean pine forests of Pinus pinaster ssp. pinaster (Pinus mesogeensis) of the
western Mediterranean, upper meso-Mediterranean and supra-Mewditerranean situations of Spain,
Corsica, south-eastern France, north-western Italy, Sardinia and Pantelleria.
CORINE 42.84: forests and woods of Aleppo pine, Pinus halepensis, a frequent colonist of thermoand
calcicolous meso-Mediterranean scrubs. The distinction between spontaneaous forests and longestablished
formations of artificial origin is often difficult.
Mediterranean riparian ash woods, deciduous forests: riparian galleries dominated by tall Fraxinus
angustifolia, mostly characteristic of less eutrophic soils than elm and poplar gallery forest, and of drier
stations, with shorter inundation periods, than those occupied by alluvial poplar woods.
CORINE 44.63: Fraxino angustifoliae-Ulmetum minoris p., Fraxinion angustifoliae
med.shrub formations, scrub/thickets: Mediterranean shrub formations. Included here are
formations, for the most part indifferent to the siliceous or calcareous nature of the substrate, that reach
their greatest extension or optimal development in the thermo-mediterranean zone. CORINE 32214
CORINE 32214: lentisc brush: Pistacia lentiscus-dominated or -rich formations, widespread and
abundant in thermo-mediterranean and coastal meso-mediterranean zones of the entire Mediterranean
basin. Locally, similar formations may appear in warm inland meso-mediterranean areas. Often low
and sometimes very open, the lentisc brush can, in favourable situations, reach a height of several
metres, grading into arborescent matorral.
mesophilous/calciphilous Picea, coniferous forests: mesophilous/calciphilous spruce (Picea abies)
forests, with stands of overmature, mature and young (saplings/scrub) trees (including CORINE
42.2121, 42.222, 42.223, 42.224, 42.232).
mesophilous Fagus (gen.), deciduous forests: neutrophilous/calciphilous beech (Fagus) forests and
dry acidophilous forests, with stands of overmature, mature and young (saplings/scrub) trees, CORINE
41.122, 41.16, 41.17.
CORINE 41.122: SUB-ATLANTIC ACIDOPHILOUS BEECH FORESTS, Deschampsio-Fagetum.
Transition forests of the Paris basin, the Morvan, the periphery of the Massif Central, the eastern and
central Pyrenees.
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