Lentisc-dominated or lentisc-rich scrub and related formations with Olea europaea var. sylvestris, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus spp. and Rhamnus lycioides subspecies, Myrtus communis, Rubia spp., Asparagus spp., Phillyrea spp., Osyris spp., Bupleurum spp., various oaks (Quercus ilex, Quercus coccifera and other species), Calicotome spp., Laurus nobilis, Helichrysum italicum and other species widespread in the whole thermo-Mediterranean zone (except the arid Iberian Southeast: unit F5.55). A few extremely distinctive habitats formed by facies of these formations, distributed throughout large portions of their range, are separated under units F5.52-F5.54. Other characteristic habitats are classified as subunits of this unit according to the dominant species.
Low formations of Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum, Helichrysum italicum ssp. italicum) with spurges (Euphorbia pithyusa, i.a.), Pistacia lentiscus, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Artemisia densiflora or Thymelaea passerina, Thymelaea hirsuta, Thymelaea tartonraira of the immediate vicinity of sea cliffs, forming the transition between cliff vegetations or clifftop phryganas and thermo-Mediterranean scrub; they are particularly characteristic of the large Mediterranean islands.