Spanish ICP-Forests Level II Plots Network (Plot code 06 Qi) - Spain

The Intensive Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems (ICP-Forests Level II network) consists currently in 14 monitoring plots representing important Spanish Forest Ecosystems distributed throughout the Spanish mainland showing the most common forest situations of each country and representing rare or endemic situations. The plot 06 Qi represents an Holm oak (Quercus ilex) forest located in the East of the Iberian peninsula. It is a 41-80 years old monospecific regular forest. It was a coppice forest which is currently under transformation into high forest There are many Holm oak shoots In the understory. There are also rocky outcrops, with ferns. In the places where there is a grass layer, there is Hedera helix. Climatic gradient is Mesomediterranean. Soil is made up of limestone