This database includes native and naturalized non-native flora but excludes cultivated plants. Non-native species are marked in red. Non-native species with invasive behavior are highlighted with (!). Some species are shown as taxonomical aggregates (aggr.) (e.g., merging species with ambiguous identification, or linking species recently described to traditional names). For each taxon, the database provides external links to the nomenclatural concepts used in Euro+Med, and to species traits compiled by FloraVeg.eu. All photos are taken in the Ibero-Atlantic region and should be credited to the authors mentioned in the image (when provided), together with the link to www.IberoAtlantica.eu.
Species nomenclature (Cantabrian Mountains)
Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Carlón, L., Fernández-Pascual, E., Acedo, C., Alfaro-Saiz, E., Alonso Redondo, R., Cires, E., del Egido Mazuelas, F, del Río, S., Díaz-González, T.E., García-González, M.E., Lence, C., Llamas, F., Nava, H., Penas, A., Rodríguez Guitián, M.A. & M. Vázquez, V. 2021. Checklist of the vascular plants of the Cantabrian Mountains. Mediterranean Botany 42, e74570.
https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/mbot.74570
Species nomenclature (Forests)
González-García, V., Fernández-Pascual, E., Font, X., & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2024). Forest habitat diversity in the Cantabrian Mixed Forests ecoregion (NW Iberian Peninsula), a climatic refugium in western Europe. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(3), e12793.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12793
Regional checklist of invasive species
Lázaro-Lobo, A., Campos, J.A., Díaz González, T.E., Fernández-Pascual, E., González-García, V., Marchante, H., Romero Buján, M.I., Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2024) An ecoregion-based approach to evaluate invasive plant species pools. NeoBiota 96: 105-128.
https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.96.116105
Predictive distribution maps of invasive species
Lázaro-Lobo, A., Wessely, J., Essl, F., Moser, D. & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2025). Combining Hierarchical Distribution Models With Dispersal Simulations to Predict the Spread of Invasive Plant Species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(3), e70026.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70026