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biological diversity and tropical forests in tunisia - PART

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Area: 280,000 ha<br />

Major Ecosystems: Low Steppe<br />

Coast<br />

Sebkhets<br />

L. MAHDIA<br />

Specific Sites Importact to Biological Diversity<br />

Gulf of Hammarnet: Section 3.1.3<br />

Sebkhet Moknice: Sectioc 3.3.2.8<br />

Flora :<br />

Steppe: Artemisia. Mostly cultivated to graics acd olive groves<br />

Cultivated: 200,000 ha<br />

Halophiles: 10,000 ha<br />

Rare acd Ecdemic Placts:<br />

NAS Li mor-iastrum g.2~ ociarxm<br />

Fledicical Plants:<br />

Artemisia sp.<br />

Phoecix dactylifera<br />

Faaca :<br />

Kamals :<br />

Jackal<br />

Red fox<br />

Browc hare<br />

Birds: Similar to Gabes migracts (Figure 15)<br />

Icfluecces:<br />

Solacum sodomaeam<br />

Lavacdula nultifida<br />

Algeriac hedgehog<br />

NA Shawe s jird<br />

Gerbils<br />

Cultivatioc, overgrazicg, erosioc<br />

Settlirg pond overflow icto Sebkhet Mokcire<br />

)!AS = Ecdemic to North African Sahara<br />

CA = Erdemic to North Africa

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