Western Canary Island Euphorbia communities

Open, varied formations of arid, stony slopes of the lower, 0-700 m, level of the western and central Canarian islands, characterised by the abundance of fleshy-stemmed, aphyllous, or small-leafed species, in particular Euphorbia spp., Senecio kleinia, Periploca laevigata, Cneorum pulverulentum, Messerschmidia fruticosa, Echium giganteum, Convolvulus floridus, Allagopappus dichotomus, Rhamnus crenulata, Rubia fruticosa, Argyranthemum spp., Artemisia canariensis, Sonchus leptocephalus, Asparagus arborescens, Rumex lunaria, Micromeria spp., Paronychia canariensis. They constitute a Macaronesian representation of the coastal desert formations of northwest Africa (which are outside the scope of this classification).

Código Eunis 2021: S811