Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests

Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests

The Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub ecoregion of the eastern Mediterranean Basin.

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The ecoregion covers an area of 143,800 square kilometers (55,500 square miles), and covers portions of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.

Flora

Major plant communities in the ecoregion include broadleaf sclerophyllous shrublands (maquis), pine forests (chiefly of Aleppo Pine "(Pinus halepensis)" and Turkish Pine "(Pinus brutia))", and dry oak "(Quercus" spp.) woodlands and steppes.

External links

* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1207_full.html Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests (World Wildlife Fund)]
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1207.html Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests (National Geographic)]


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