Mostly deciduous shrubs and hedges, usually tall and luxuriant, often very rich in lianas, of Mediterranean France, of sub-Mediterranean areas of the Iberian peninsula and of moist stations in the Mediterranean zone of the Iberian peninsula.
Formations mostly of moist stations within the Mediterranean zone of France, Catalonia, the Balearics and Valencia, with Rosa sempervirens, Rubus ulmifolius, Tamus communis, Prunus spinosa, Cornus sanguinea, Crataegus monogyna and, locally, Coraria myrtifolia.