A Flora e Vegetacao da Serra de Monfurado (Alto Alentejo-Portugal). 2009. (Guineana, Vol. 15). 316 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

The territory studied is situated in Monfurado Hills (Serra de Monfurado) and takes in a stretch of the rivers Alcacovas and Almansor and adjacent regions. It was mostly inserted in lower mesomediterranean bioclimatic features, although the Monfurado Hills constitute a feature of orographic relief often experiencing high levels of precipitation. In biogeographical terms, the territory is part of the Marianico-Monchiquense Sector, located in the Alentejano District in the Araceno-Pacense Subsector. In this monograph, is presented the study of the flora and natural and semi-natural vegetation to use as a support for initiatives for the sustainable use and management of the territory. A catalogue was drawn up comprising 802 different taxa, including 96 families, of which 46 species were selected with the status of endemic european, iberian and lusitanic. As a result of the process of identification of phytocoenoses, were identified 70 associations, 13 communities, five dimatophyl and ten edafophyl series.Also identified were five types of natural habitats of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation: the freshwater habitats; sclerophyllous scrubs; naturaland semi-natural herbaceous formations; rocky habitats and forest.