Table A1.

Checklist of the taxa occurring in the phytosociological relevés with their life forms and chorotypes.

Taxon	Life Form	Chorotype
Agrostis pourretii Willd.	T scap	W Medit.
Agrostis stolonifera L.	H rept	Circumbor.
Aira cupaniana Guss.	T scap	W Medit.
Ajuga reptans L.	H rept	Euro.-Asiat.
Alisma lanceolatum With.	I rad	Subcosmop.
Allium obtusiflorum Redouté	G bulb	End. Sic.
Allium subhirsutum L.	G bulb	Medit.
Amaranthus deflexus L.	T scap	Avv.
Anagallis arvensis L.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Anagallis minima (L.) E. H. L. Krause	T scap	Paleotemp.
Anagallis parviflora Hoffmanns. & Link.	T scap	W Medit.
Anthemis arvensis L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Anthemis cotula L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Anthoxantum odoratum L.	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Antinoria insularis Parl.	T scap	W Medit.
Aphanes arvensis L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Archidium alternifolium (Hedw.) Mitt.	Bryo.	Europ.
Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Atriplex patula L.	T scap	Circumbor.
Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC.	T scap	Circumbor.
Barbarea bracteosa Guss.	T scap	N Medit.
Bellis annua L.	T scap	Medit.
Bellis perennis L.	H ros	Euro.-Asiat.
Beta maritima L.	H ros	Euro-Medit.
Biscutella maritima Ten.	T scap	End. Ital.
Blackstonia acuminata (W.D.J. Koch et Ziz) Domin	T scap	Medit.
Blackstonia perfoliata (L.) Huds.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla	G rhiz	Cosmop.
Briza maxima L.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Briza minor L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Bromus hordeaceus L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Bryum alpinum Huds. ex With.	Bryo.	Europ.
Bulliarda vaillantii (Willd.) DC.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Callitriche brutia Petagna	I rad	Medit-Atl.
Callitriche palustris L.	I rad	Circumbor.
Callitriche stagnalis Scop.	I rad	Euro.-Asiat.
Callitriche truncata Guss.	I rad	Medit-Atl.
Cardamine hirsuta L.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Cardamine occulta Hornem.	T scap	Avv.
Carduus argyroa Biv.	T scap	C Medit.
Carex distachya Desf.	H caesp	Medit.
Carex divisa Huds.	H caesp	Paleotemp.
Carex leporina L.	H caesp	Euro.-Asiat.
Carex serrulata Biv. ex Spreng.	H caesp	Europ.
Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P.Beauv.	T scap	Circumbor.
Catapodium rigidum (L.) C.E. Hubb.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Centaurium erythraea Rafn	T scap	Paleotemp.
Centaurium maritimum (L.) Fritsch.	T scap	Medit.
Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch	T scap	Paleotemp.
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Cerastium semidecandrum L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Chamaemelum fuscatum (Brot.) Vasc.	T scap	W Medit.
Chenopodium album L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A. Juss.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Cicendia filiformis (L.) Delarbre	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Cichorium intybus L.	H scap	Cosmop.
Cichorium pumilum Jacq.	T scap	Medit.
Cirsium italicum DC.	T scap	SE Europ.
Coleostephus myconis (L.) Cass. ex Rchb. f.	T scap	Medit.
Convolvulus arvensis L.	G rhiz	Paleotemp.
Convolvulus silvaticus Kit.	H scand	SE Europ.
Conyza bonariensis L.	T scap	Avv.
Coronilla repanda (Poir.) Guss.	T scap	W Medit.
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch.	T rept	Euro-Medit.
Corrigiola litoralis L.	T rept	Medit-Atl.
Cressa cretica L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.	H rept	Cosmop.
Cynosurus cristatus L.	H caesp	Europ.
Cyperus distachyos All.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Cyperus flavescens L.	T caesp	Subcosmop.
Cyperus fuscus L.	T caesp	Paleotemp.
Cyperus michelianus (L.) Delile	T caesp	Paleotemp.
Cyperus rotundus L.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Damasonium bourgaei Coss.	I rad	Medit-Atl.
Damasonium polyspermum Coss.	I rad	W Medit.
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler	T scap	Tropical.
Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter	H scap	W Medit.
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants	T scap	Avv.
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.	T scap	Medit.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Echium pustulatum Sm.	T scap	Europ.
Elatine campylosperma Seub.	I rad	Medit.
Elatine gussonei (Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv.	I rad	End. Lampedusa-Malta
Elatine macropoda Guss.	I rad	Medit.
Eleocharis nebrodensis Parl.	G rhiz	End. Sic.
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. et Schult.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Elymus repens (L.) Gould	G rhiz	Circumbor.
Epilobium parviflorum Schreb.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Eryngium pusillum L.	H bienn	S Medit.
Euphorbia akenocarpa Guss.	T scap	SW Medit.
Euphorbia chamaesyce L.	T rept	Euro-Medit.
Euphorbia exigua L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Euphorbia pterococca Brot.	T scap	Medit.
Festuca geniculata (L.) Lag. & Rodr.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Filago pyramidata L.	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Frankenia hirsuta L.	Ch suffr	Medit.
Galium debile Desv.	H scap	Medit.
Galium elongatum C. Presl	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Galium murale (L.) All.	T scap	Medit.
Gaudinia fragilis (L.) P. Beauv.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Geranium dissectum L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Geranium robertianum L.	T scap	Circumbor.
Glebionis segetum (L.) Fourr.	T scap	Euro-Medit
Glinus lotoides L.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Glyceria notata Chevall.	I rad	Subcosmop.
Glyceria spicata Guss.	I rad	W Medit.
Gnaphalium uliginosum L. var. prostratum Huet	T scap	End. Ital.
Heliotropium curassavicum L.	Ch suffr	Avv.
Heliotropium europaeum L.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Heliotropium supinium L.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch	I rad	Medit-Atl.
Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W.D.J.Koch	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Hordeum geniculatum All.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Hordeum marinum Huds.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Hypericum hircinum L. subsp. majus (Aiton) N. Robson	NP	Medit.
Hypericum pubescens Boiss.	H scap	W Medit.
Hypochaeris radicata L.	H ros	Euro-Medit.
Hypochoeris achyrophorus L.	T scap	Medit.
Isoëtes durieui Bory	G bulb	W Medit.
Isoëtes histrix Bory	G bulb	Medit-Atl.
Isoëtes longissima Bory	G bulb	W Medit.
Isoëtes sicula Tod.	G bulb	CE Medit.
Isoëtes todaroana Troìa & Raimondo	G bulb	Medit.
Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Juncus articulatus L.	G rhiz	Circumbor.
Juncus bufonius L.	T scap	Cosmop.
Juncus capitatus Weigel	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Juncus compressus Jacq.	G rhiz	Euro.-Asiat.
Juncus foliosus Desf.	T scap	W Medit.
Juncus hybridus Brot.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Juncus maritimus Lam.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Juncus pygmaeus Rich.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Juncus subulatus Forssk.	G rhiz	S Medit.
Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch.	T scap	Medit.
Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. subsp. integrifolia (Brot.) R. Fern.	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Laphangium luteo-album (L.) Tzvelev	T scap	Subcosmop.
Limonium narbonense Mill.	H ros	Medit.
Linum bienne Mill.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Logfia gallica (L.) Cosson & Germ.	T scap	Medit.
Lolium perenne L.	H caesp	Euro-Medit.
Lotus angustissimus L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Lotus conimbricensis Brot.	T scap	Medit.
Lotus hispidus DC.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Lotus parviflorus Desf.	T scap	Medit.
Lotus preslii Ten.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Lotus tetragonolobus L.	T scap	Medit.
Lythrum hyssopifolia L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Lythrum junceum Banks & Sol.	H scap	Medit.
Lythrum tribracteatum Spreng.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Malva sylvestris L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Medicago ciliaris (L.) All.	T scap	S Medit.
Medicago doliata Carmign.	T scap	Medit.
Medicago intertexta (L.) Mill.	T scap	Medit.
Medicago polymorpha L.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Medicago turbinata (L.) All.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Mentha pulegium L.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Middendorfia borysthenica (Schrank) Trautv.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Moenchia erecta (L.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Molineriella minuta (L.) Rouy.	T scap	Medit.
Montia arvensis Wallr.	I rad	Medit-Atl.
Moraea sisyrinchium (L.) Ker Gawl.	G bulb	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Myosotis congesta Shuttlew ex Albert & Reyn	T scap	Medit.
Myosotis ramosissima Rochel	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Myosotis sicula Guss.	T scap	N Medit.
Myosotis tineoi C. Brullo & Brullo	T scap	End. Sic.
Myosurus minimus L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton	H scap	Cosmop.
Oenanthe fistulosa L.	H scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Oenanthe globulosa L.	H scap	Medit.
Oenanthe pimpinelloides L.	H scap	Medit-Atl.
Ophioglossum lusitanicum L.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Ornithogalum gussonei Ten.	G bulb	E Medit.
Oxybasis chenopodioides (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch	T scap	Subcosmop.
Oxybasis rubra (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch	T scap	Circumbor.
Parapholis cylindrica (Willd.) Romero Zarco	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E.Hubb.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Parentucellia latifolia (L.) Caruel	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Paronychia echinulata Chater	T scap	Medit.
Paspalum distichum L.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre	T scap	Circumbor.
Persicaria maculosa Gray	T scap	Subcosmop.
Phalaris minor Retz.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.	G rhiz	Subcosmop.
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene	H rept	Tropical.
Pilularia minuta Durieu	I rad	Medit.
Plantago afra L.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Plantago bellardii All.	T scap	Medit.
Plantago coronopus L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Plantago cupanii Guss.	H ros	SW Medit.
Plantago intermedia Gilib.	H ros	Euro-Medit.
Plantago lagopus L.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Plantago lanceolata L.	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Plantago major L.	H ros	Paleotemp.
Pleurochaete squarrosa (Brid.) Lindb.	Bry.	Medit.-Atl.
Poa annua L.	T scap	Cosmop.
Poa bulbosa L.	H caesp	Paleotemp.
Poa infirma Kunth	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Podospermum canum C.A. Mey.	H scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Polygonum arenastrum Boreau	T rept	Subcosmop.
Polygonum aviculare L.	T rept	Cosmop.
Polypogon maritimus Willd.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Polypogon subspathaceus Req.	T scap	Medit.
Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr.	H caesp	Paleotrop.
Portulaca oleracea L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Potentilla reptans L.	H rept	Paleotemp.
Prunella vulgaris L.	H scap	Circumbor.
Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Pulicaria odora (L.) Rchb.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris	T scap	Medit.
Pulicaria vulgaris Gaertn. var. graeca (Sch.-Bip.) Fiori	T scap	S Medit.
Pulicaria vulgaris Gaertn. var. vulgaris	T scap	Paleotemp.
Radiola linoides Roth.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Ranunculus angulatus C. Presl	H scap	End. Sic.
Ranunculus lanuginosus L.	H scap	Europ.
Ranunculus lateriflorus DC.	T scap	Paleotrop.
Ranunculus marginatus d’Urv.	T scap	E Medit.
Ranunculus muricatus L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Vill.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Ranunculus paludosus Poir.	H scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Ranunculus parviflorus L.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Ranunculus peltatus Schrank	I rad	Europ.
Ranunculus pratensis C. Presl	H scap	End. Sard. Sic.
Ranunculus saniculifolius Viv.	I rad	Medit.
Ranunculus sardous Crantz	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Ranunculus trilobus Desf.	T scap	Medit.
Romulea ramiflora Ten.	G bulb	Medit.
Rostraria hispida (Savi) Doğan	T scap	Medit.
Rumex conglomeratus Murray	H scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Rumex pulcher L.	H scap	Euro-Medit.
Sagina apetala Ard.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl	H caesp	Euro-Medit.
Samolus valerandi L.	H scap	Subcosmop.
Saxifraga tridactylites L.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Schenkia spicata (L.) G.Mans.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C. Gmel.) Palla	G rhiz	Euro.-Asiat.
Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják	G rhiz	Euro-Medit.
Scolymus maculatus L.	T scap	S Medit.
Scorpiurus muricatus L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Scorzoneroides muelleri (Sch. Bip.) Greuter & Talavera	T scap	S Medit.
Sedum caeruleum L.	T succ	SW Medit.
Sedum rubens L.	T succ	Medit-Atl.
Senecio vulgaris L.	T scap	Cosmop.
Serapias lingua L.	G bulb	Medit.
Sherardia arvensis L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Silene gallica L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Sisymbrella dentata (L.) O.E. Schulz.	T scap	End. Sic.
Solanum nigrum L.	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Solenopsisgasparrinii (Tineo) Brullo	T scap	Medit.
Solenopsis laurentia (L.) C.Presl subsp. hyblaea Brullo et al.	T scap	End. Sic.
Solenopsis mothiana C. Brullo, Brullo & Giusso	T scap	End. Sic.
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill	T scap	Euro.-Asiat.
Sonchus oleraceus L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Spergularia madoniaca Lojac.	T scap	End. Sic.
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser	T scap	Subcosmop.
Spergularia rubra (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Sporobolus aculeatus (L.) P.M. Peterson	T scap	Paleotemp.
Sporobolus alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) P.M. Peterson	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Sporobolus schoenoides (L.) P.M. Peterson	T scap	Paleotemp.
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.	T scap	Cosmop.
Suaeda spicata (Willd.) Moq.	T succ	Medit.
Sulla coronaria (L.) Medik.	T scap	W Medit.
Symphyotrichum squamatum (Spreng.) G.L. Nesom	H scap	Avv.
Tamarix africana Poir.	P scap	W Medit.
Tamarix gallica L.	P scap	W Medit.
Teucrium campanulatum L.	H scap	W Medit.
Tillaea alata Viv.	T succ	Paleotemp.
Tillaea muscosa L.	T succ	Medit-Atl.
Trifolium campestre Schreb.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Trifolium fragiferum L.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Trifolium grandiflorum Schreb.	T scap	E Medit.
Trifolium lappaceum L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Trifolium leucanthum M. Bieb.	T scap	E Medit.
Trifolium michelianum Savi	T scap	W Medit.
Trifolium micranthum Viv.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Trifolium nigrescens Viv.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Trifolium pratense L.	H rept	Subcosmop.
Trifolium resupinatum L.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Trifolium scabrum L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Trifolium spumosum L.	T scap	Medit.
Trifolium squarrosum L.	T scap	Medit.
Trifolium strictum L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Trifolium subterraneum L.	T rept	Euro-Medit.
Trifolium suffocatum L.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Trifolium tomentosum L.	T scap	Paleotemp.
Triglochin barrelieri Loisel.	G bulb	Medit.
Triglochin laxiflora Guss.	G bulb	W Medit.
Trigonella sicula (Turra) Coulot & Rabaute	T scap	S Medit.
Trigonella sulcata (Desf.) Coulot & Rabaute	T scap	S Medit.
Trisetaria aurea (Ten.) Pignatti ex Kerguélen	T scap	E Medit.
Tussilago farfara L.	G rhiz	Euro.-Asiat.
Typha latifolia L.	G rhiz	Cosmop.
Valantia muralis L.	T scap	Medit.
Valerianella eriocarpa Desv.	T scap	Medit-Atl.
Verbena officinalis L.	H scap	Subcosmop.
Verbena supina L.	T scap	Euro-Medit.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.	H scap	Cosmop.
Veronica arvensis L.	T scap	Subcosmop.
Veronica serpyllifolia L.	H scap	Circumbor.
Visnaga daucoides Gaertn.	T scap	Medit-Iran-Turan.
Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske	Bry.	Cosmop.
Xanthium italicum Moretti	T scap	S Europ.
Xanthium spinosum L.	T scap	Avv.