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This category contains Trees of the five Mediterranean climate zones in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome of the Earth: The Mediterranean Basin; and regions of: California; Chile; South Africa; Australia
A Mediterranean forest, in the Region of Murcia . The Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome mostly occurs in, but not limited to, the Mediterranean climate zones, in the mid-latitudes: [1] the Mediterranean Basin; the Chilean Matorral; the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of the Californias and Oregon; the Fynbos of ...
The stone pine, botanical name Pinus pinea, also known as the Italian stone pine, Mediterranean stone pine, umbrella pine and parasol pine, is a tree from the pine family . The tree is native to the Mediterranean region , occurring in Southern Europe and the Levant .
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.
Garrigue in France.. Garrigue or garigue (/ ɡ ə ˈ r iː ɡ / gə-REEG), also known as phrygana (Greek: φρύγανα, n. pl.), [1] is a type of low scrubland ecoregion and plant community in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
Even within the Mediterranean Basin, differences in aridity alter the life zones as a function of elevation. For example, the wetter Maritime and Dinaric Alps have a North-Mediterranean zonation pattern, while the southern Apennine Mountains and the Spanish Sierra Nevada have a moderate Eu-Mediterranean zonation pattern.
Mediterranean climate zones are typically located along the western coasts of landmasses, between roughly 30 and 45 degrees north or south of the equator. The main cause of Mediterranean, or dry summer, climate is the subtropical ridge , which extends towards the pole of the hemisphere in question during the summer and migrates towards the ...
Phlomis fruticosa on Crete.. The island's range of topography and soils support diverse plant communities. At lower elevations, low shrubland is common.Phrygana includes many aromatic plants, and typical species include Sarcopoterium spinosum, Thymus capitatus, Phlomis fruticosa, Phlomis cretica, Phlomis lanata, Cistus spp., Genista acanthoclada, Calicotome villosa, and spurge (Euphorbia spp.).