[Juniperus phoenicea] woods

[Juniperus phoenicea phoenicea] and [Juniperus phoenicea lycia] forests of the Mediterranean and Saharo-Mediterranean regions. Exceptional, tall and dense formations, however, may be more appropriately characterised as woodland and listed in this unit.It occurs in Crete Peloponnese, Central Greece and particularly in the coastal zone between Itea and Nafpaktos in Halkidiki (Marmara region), Evia and in many islands of the Aegean and Ionian Sea. Often found in scattered shrubs and formations of Euphorbia dendroide. In Mediterranean formations dominated by [Juniperus phoenicea] are scrubs, thickets or arborescent matorrals, listed under units F5.132, F6.15, F6.25, F6.35 or, in dunal formations, unit B1.632. Saharo-Mediterranean formations may more often take the appearance of an open or steppe forest.