biological diversity and tropical forests in tunisia - PART

The aleppo pine -
the aouthern areas to
latter group has many
former.
holm oak - Erica rnultiflora group is also altered in
aleppo pine - holm oak - Erinacea acthyllis. The
species in commoc with the degraded variact of the
Most of the hills are domicated by the aleppo pice - rosemary group
described above. On the lower slopes of some of the hills a group of
aleppo pice - jxniper - Diplotaxis harra occurs. This is a grcup typical
of Semi-arid Icferior bioclimates occurricg in a region of maicly Semi-
arid Superior vegetation types. Other species irdicating the dry lard
vegetatioc type are:
Tucica illyrica ssp. angustifolius Anabasis oropedioram
Artemisia herba alba Stipa parviflora
Another icteresting vegetatioc group east of Teboarso~k is the t of
carob - Olea-lectiscus - Jasmicum fraticacs. This grw;p is frcqsectly
accomparied by:
Arisarum valga re Bellevalia rnaaritacica
A r m italscum Ambrosicia bassii
Rhamcus lycioides oleoides
The terraic becomes lower acd flatter to the east. C~ltivatioc is
predonirate except oc some hills occ3pied by alepp~ pine acd rosemary, or
i~ depressions with halophile vegetation such as at Sebkhet Ko3rzia
(~ectioc 3.3.2.3).