Undoubtedly the most abundant forest type in the islands today and perhaps only comparable potential forest area thermophiles. It is basically a monospecific forest dominated by Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis ) although sometimes involved in these formations cedar (Juniperus cedrus ) and Gran Canaria perhaps in the past, the drago (Dracaena tamaranae ). This formation is present on the islands of Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria being in La Gomera, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote existing fruit plantations in La Gomera but pine is a native tree, but not a pine. They are generally open pine forests with little undergrowth formations and dominated by a few species that, although in areas with laurel ecotones and forest understory thermophiles is enriched by species of both formations. The understory of the pine is itself quite clear and is dominated by the rock rose (Cistus symphytifolius) the laburnum ( Adenocarpus foliosus ) and broom (Chamaecytisus proliferus) the latter two especially in areas somewhat more favored by moisture, with these species found in all islands with pine trees we found several local taxa Micromeria genres, Lotus, Teline, Tolpis, Sideritis, and Bystropogon Descurainia own pine forests and species normally restricted to an island or an area thereof.
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