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into account through Ellenberger’s bioindication Chenopodium murale L. - T scap - Subcos-
values (data from Pignatti, 2005, modified), i.e. L mopolitan: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1)
(light, whose range of variation is from 1 to 9), T
(temperature, 1-9), C (continentality, 1-9), U (mois- Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. - T scap -
ture, 1-12), R (soil pH, 1-9), N (soil fertility, 1-9) Subcosmopolitan: GAL (A-JS1)
and S (soil salinity, 1-3). Basic information used
for data elaboration is contained in Table 2. In this †Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen - NP -
Table 2 the Column “LF” contains information on Tethyan-European: GAL (LS-SP2)
Raunkiaer’s life forms. Columns 2-8 refer to Ellen-
berger’s bioindication values as follows: L (light), Suaeda vera J.F. Gmelin - Ch frut - Tethyan-
T (temperature,), C (continentality), U (moisture), Atlantic: PRE (LS-SP1, LS-SP2; A-JS1); GAL (LS-
R (soil pH), N (soil fertility) and S (soil salinity). SP2; A-JS1)
For further information on the range of these values
see the text in “Material and Methods” paragraph. AMARYLLIDACEAE
Column “Choro” illustrates the chorotype of each
plant. In the last four columns the presence (“1”) Allium commutatum Guss. - G bulb - Mediter-
or absence (“0”) of each detected vascular plant is ranean: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1); GAL (LS-SP2; A-
reported. JS); FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
Moreover, the main literature concerning coastal ANACARDIACEAE
Sicilian vegetation (Bartolo et al., 1982; Brullo et
al., 2001; Minissale et al., 2010) has been consulted Pistacia lentiscus L. - P caesp - Mediterranean:
in order to facilitate the interpretation of local plant FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
communities.
APIACEAE
Data on fauna were collected as a broad brush
baseline survey of all the specimens (including re- Crithmum maritimum L. - Ch suffr - Mediter-
mains, traces and faecal pellets) encountered. Iden- ranean-Atlantic: GAL (LS-SP2; AJ&JS1); ROT
tifications of most invertebrate species were carried (AJ&JS2); FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
out according to Fontana et al. (2002).
Daucus bocconei Guss. - H bienn - CW Mediter-
ranean: FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
Ferula communis L. - H scap - Mediterranean-
Macaronesian: PRE (LS-SP2)
Thapsia garganica L. subsp. garganica - H scap
- CW Mediterranean: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1)
RESULTS ARACEAE
The vascular flora
Arisarum vulgare Targ.-Tozz. - G rhiz - Mediter-
ranean: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1); FLE (LS-SP3)
AIZOACEAE ARECACEAE
Chamaerops humilis L. - NP - CW Mediter-
Malephora crocea (Jacq.) Schwantes - Ch succ
- Naturalized: FLE (LS-SP3) ranean: FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. - T rept - ASPARAGACEAE
Subcosmopolitan: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1) Asparagus acutifolius L. - G rhiz - Mediter-
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L. - T rept - ranean: PRE (LS-SP2); FLE (LS-SP3)
Tethyan-Capensis: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1); FLE Asparagus aphyllus L. - Ch frut - S Mediter-
(SP0; LS-SP3)
ranean: ROT (A-JS2)
AMARANTHACEAE Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta (= Scilla autum-
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) K. nalis L.) - G bulb - Tethyan-European: ROT (A-
Koch - NP succ - Mediterranean-Irano-Turanian: JS2)
PRE (LS-SP1, LS-SP2; A-JS1); GAL (LS-SP2;
A-JS1); ROT (A-JS2); FLE (SP0; LS-SP3) ASTERACEAE
Anthemis secundiramea Biv. - T scap - CW
Beta maritima L - H scap - Mediterranean-
Atlantic: PRE (LS-SP2; A-JS1) Mediterranean: FLE (SP0; LS-SP3)
