Contributo alla conoscenza dei boschi aLaurus nobilisL. della Sardegna, habitat prioritario ai sensi della Direttiva 92/43/CEE

The results of the phytosociological study of the SardinianLaurus nobilisL. stands are here presented. The statistical analysis of the surveys, carried out on the best known populations, allowed us to recognize four new plant communities, referred to one association and three subassociations.In Sardinia theLaurus nobilisL. stands are present on effusive and metamorphic substrata, on typic xerorthent or lithic xerorthent soils, in the oceanic pluviseasonal Mediterranean bioclimate. The investigated stands show a good conservation status and high recruitment levels, in relation to the high naturalness of the ravines and valleys in which they occur.