Maquis vegetation in the eastern Cantabrian coastal fringe

摘要: . The typology and distribution are discussed of hitherto poorly known Mediterranean-type maquis vegetation from the eastern stretch coastal fringe Cantabrian Mountains. 51 phytosociological releves with Arbutus unedo (‘madronales’) Quercus coccifera (kermes oak shrubland or ‘coscojares’) were submitted to Correspondence Analysis table rearrangement. results interpreted in light actual biogeographical palaeohistorical knowledge. A sharp division between (uniform) acidophilous (diversified) basophilous communities was revealed. On basis classification four new syntaxa described: associations Ulici gallii-Arbutetum unedonis, Phillyreo latifoliae-Arbutetum unedonis - two subassociations: arbutetosum viburnetosum tini association Genisto occidentalis-Quercetum cocciferae.