Fruit trees

Plantations of more or less scattered fruit trees, both dry and irrigated. Exogenous energy is provided to favour a few or a single species. They include walnut, almond, olive and carob trees, as well vineyards and apple and peach trees in irrigated areas.

This habitat type is closely related to human activity and has a moderate diversity of butterflies. Whites (Pieridae) play a prominent role in dry plantations, where crucifers can be very abundant. Some of the most characteristic species are Euchloe crameri, Pontia daplidice, Tomares ballus and Carcharodus alceae.

Species that have been found in the habitat within the CBMS network are shown in descending order of preference. The Highlights tab indicates those species with ≥ 5% of their total abundance (standardized to 100 m) concentrated in that habitat. The Species List tab displays a table with the percent density of each species in the habitat (compared to the rest of the CBMS habitat types). Transects shows in descending order the percentage cover of this habitat type for each itinerary in the CBMS network, with the number of botanical characterizations available in the Years column. The Communities tab lists the CORINE codes and names of the plant communities that have been included in this habitat type. This table also gives the area (in m²) occupied by each plant community in the network as a whole.

• Highlights (46)
• Species (91)
• Transects (67)
• CORINE communities (10)

Illustrations by Richard Lewington from Tolman & Lewington (1997) Butterflies of Britain and Europe, translated and published in Spanish by Lynx Edicions.

References

• Bueno, D., Ballesteros, E., Masalles, R.M., Martí, E., 2013. Atles dels Ecosistemes dels Països Catalans. Història Natural dels Països Catalans v.13. Enciclopèdia Catalana