(a) Overview of the forest core of the Bosco Niscemi; (b) old dead plant of Quercus ilex (photo from 2012); (c) detail of old trunk of Arbutus unedo; (d), (e) aspects of the Pistacio lentisci-Quercetum ilicis subass viburnetosum tini; (f) Viburnum tinus, a characteristic species of holm oak and Phillyreetum communities (respectively, Pistacio lentisci-Quercetum ilicis subass viburnetosum tini and Viburno tini-Phillyreetum latifoliae ass. nova), represented on the calcarenites, in different ecological contexts.

 
 
  Part of: Gianguzzi L, Caldarella O, Campisi P, Ravera S, Scalenghe R, Venturella G (2024) Plant diversity in old-growth woods: the case of the forest edges of the Favorita Park in Palermo (north-western Sicily, Italy). Plant Sociology 61(1): 1-29. https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2024611/01