RUPICOLOUS HABITATS OF INTEREST FOR CONSERVATION IN THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN IBERIAN PENINSULA

We study the rupicolous habitats in the central-southern Iberian Peninsula. The study of these islands is justified by the high rate of endemics, including Echinospartum ibericum, Adenocarpus argyrophyllus, Digitalis purpurea subsp. mariana, Sideritis lacaitae, Coincya longirostra, Genista polyanthos, Dianthus crassipes, Dianthus lusitanus, Digitalis thapsi, Digitalis purpurea subsp. heywoodii subsp. mariana, Thymus grantensis subps. micranthus, Thymus zygis subsp. gracillis, Antirrhinum graniticum subsp. onubensis. These territories are of community interest (SCI) due to the presence of habitats such as 8220, containing the plant associations Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani, Jasiono marianae-Dianthetum lusitani, Coincyo longirostraae-Dianthetum lusitani, all of which are reason for the conservation of these areas. However the dominant species in these environments is Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. lagunae.