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Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [1] The biome is generally characterized by dry summers and rainy winters, although in some areas rainfall may be uniform. Summers are typically hot in low-lying inland locations but can be cool near colder seas. Winters are typically mild to cool ...
Foliage and cone of the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis).. The natural vegetation consists of forests, woodlands, and shrublands.The five chief plant communities are: Xeric pine forests and woodlands: The xeric pine forests are found mainly in the drier interior, near the transition to the Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe, where rainfall averages 300 to 600 mm per year.
Mediterranean region. Matorral originally referred to the Matorral shrublands and woodlands in the Mediterranean climate regions of Spain and other Mediterranean Basin countries. These scrub shrublands and woodlands are a plant community and a distinct habitat. Other common general names for this Mediterranean region shrubland habitat ecosystem ...
Map of maquis regions of the world Low maquis in Corsica High macchia in Sardinia. Maquis (UK: / m æ ˈ k iː / ma-KEE, US: / m ɑː ˈ k iː / mah-KEE, French:) or macchia (/ ˈ m ɑː k i ə / MAH-kee-ə, Italian:; often macchia mediterranea in Italian; Corsican: machja, pronounced; Croatian: makija; Occitan: maquís; Catalan: màquia) is a savanna-like shrubland biome in the Mediterranean ...
The Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-forests, also known as the Eastern Mediterranean conifer-forests, [ 1] is an ecoregion in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. It covers portions of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia . The ecoregion has a Mediterranean climate, and is part of the ...
Conservation. Conservation status. Critical/endangered [1] Protected. 952 km 2 (35%) [2] The Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion in southwestern Europe. It lies in southeastern coastal Spain, along the Mediterranean Sea.
Garrigue or garigue (/ ɡəˈriːɡ / gə-REEG), also known as phrygana (Greek: φρύγανα [ˈfriɣana], n. pl.), [1] is a type of low scrubland ecoregion and plant community in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. It is found on limestone soils in southern France and around the Mediterranean Basin, generally near the ...
Macchia. Maquis shrubland. Matorral. Mediterranean Acacia–Argania dry woodlands. Mediterranean basin. Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests. Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe. Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe. Mediterranean woodlands and forests.