NMDS ordination of 1,276 plots presenting the relationships between pistachio open woodlands all types of naturally occurring woody and related grassland phytocoenoses analysed in this study. Abbreviations: 1 – Pistacietea verae (110 relevés, Tajikistan and Iran), 2 – Carpino-Fagetea (352 relevés, Tajikistan), 3 – Pino-Juniperetea and Juniperetea pseudosabinae (119 relevés, Tajikistan), 4 – Quercetea ilicis and Quercetea pubescentis (213 relevés, Mediterranean Basin), 5 – Crataego-Prunetea (146 relevés, Tajikistan), 6 – Prangetea ulopterae (156 relevés, Tajikistan) and 7 – Stipo-Trachynietea distachyae (180 relevés, Tajikistan).

 
 
  Part of: Nowak A, Świerszcz S, Naqinezhad A, Nowak S, Nobis M (2024) The Pistacietea verae: a new class of open, deciduous woodlands in Middle and Southwestern Asia. Vegetation Classification and Survey 5: 109-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.104841