Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests

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

[edit] Setting

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.

[edit] Flora

Major plant communities in the ecoregion 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.

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