Remarks on the most Important Plant-Societies of the Island. 



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lanatus subsp. creticus, Echinopa viscoms, DeJiihmmm percgriuum .subsp. criocarpum, Nigella fnmarifirfoUa 

 and Anagyris foeiida, besides many others. 



c. Juniper-Maquis. Scrub-woods, cliaracterized by Jimiperus phoenicm. aie ratlicr common in 

 the lowlands of Cypius, particularly in the eastern part of the island. They are largely distributed on 

 the peninsula of Karpas, and also towards the southeastern corner of the island at Capo Greco. Similar 

 juniper-copses also occur on the peninsula of Akrotiri, in the uttermost part of the peninsula of Akamas 



Fig. 11.5. Open Place in the Juuiper-Maiiuis. Valia, near Hag. Theoiloros 



and besides in several other places on the island. JunqKrus phoenicea is also found in other maquis- 

 soeieties, where not this, but other species of shrubs, mentioned above, are the most predominant. As 

 most of the other species of the g'enus, .hmiperus phoenleea has usually the form of a shrub, with its 

 stems dividing from near the ground, and with tortuous branches Not infiequontly, however, real dendri- 

 form specimens are found with erect, undivided stems, and with rather regularly shaped crowns. However, 

 the thickest stems have at the ground hardly a greater diameter than ca. 20 cm., and the shrubs rarely 

 reach more than a man's height. Nevertheless, the average height for certain tracts in Valia, near to 

 the village of Hag. Theodores (cfr. below) may be judged to be ca. 3.5 or 4 m. J. phoenleea has, as is 

 known, quite small, scalelike leaves, and though the copses at times may be rather dense, the sunrays 

 can therefore penetrate to the very ground under the shrubs. According to E. Hartm.vnn ') the flore- 

 scence of J. phoenicca in Cyprus takes place from the middle of November till the middle of December. 



1) E. Hartmann, Die Wahler Jer lusel Cyperu, p. 194. 



