Crimean Submediterranean forest complex

The Crimean Submediterranean forest complex ecoregion, in the temperate mixed forest biome of Russia.

Distribution

The ecoregion consists of two coastal enclaves on northern coast of the Black Sea; one occupies the central coast of Crimea, extending into the Crimean Mountains, the other occupies the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Kray, extending eastward along the northwest flank of the Caucasus.

Description

The ecoregion's climate and vegetation resemble that of the Mediterranean Basin, with a hot dry summer and a mild, rainy winter.

At elevations below 400 meters, woodlands and maquis shrublands predominate with:

• oak,
• Christ's Thorn (Paliurus spina-christi),
• Mastic tree (Pistacia lenticulus),
• Pyracantha,
• sclerophyll shrubs

Between 400 and 800 meters are forests predominate with:

• Pitsundian Pine (Pinus brutia),
• Downy Oak (Quercus pubescens),
• Oriental Hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis),
• European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior).

From 800 to 1300 meters elevation forests predominate with:

• Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
• Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis),
• juniper woodlands

Culture

The warm summers and mild winters of the region make it a popular resort destination. Cities and towns in the ecoregion include Yalta, Alupka, Alushta, Sevastopol, kaj Novorossiysk.

See also

• Flora of the Crimean Peninsula

External links

• "Crimean Submediterranean forest complex". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
• World Wildlife Fund (2001). "Crimean Submediterranean forest complex". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.

Palearctic temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Apennine deciduous montane forests	Italy
Atlantic mixed forests	Denmark, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
Azores temperate mixed forests	Portugal
Balkan mixed forests	Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Baltic mixed forests	Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland
Cantabrian mixed forests	Spain, Portugal
Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests	Iran, Azerbaijan
Caucasus mixed forests	Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
Celtic broadleaf forests	United Kingdom, Ireland
Central Anatolian deciduous forests	Turkey
Central China loess plateau mixed forests	China
Central European mixed forests	Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic
Central Korean deciduous forests	North Korea, South Korea
Changbai Mountains mixed forests	China, North Korea
Changjiang Plain evergreen forests	China
Crimean Submediterranean forest complex	Russia, Ukraine
Daba Mountains evergreen forests	China
Dinaric Mountains mixed forests	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia
East European forest steppe	Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine
Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests	Turkey
English Lowlands beech forests	United Kingdom
Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests	Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey
Hokkaido deciduous forests	Japan
Huang He Plain mixed forests	China
Madeira evergreen forests	Portugal
Manchurian mixed forests	China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea
Nihonkai evergreen forests	Japan
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests	Japan
North Atlantic moist mixed forests	Ireland, United Kingdom
Northeast China Plain deciduous forests	China
Pannonian mixed forests	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia
Po Basin mixed forests	Italy
Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests	France, Spain, Andorra
Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests	China
Rodope montane mixed forests	Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia
Sarmatic mixed forests	Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus
Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests	China
South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests	Russia
Southern Korea evergreen forests	South Korea
Taiheiyo evergreen forests	Japan
Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests	Japan
Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe	China
Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests	Russia
West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests	Russia
Western European broadleaf forests	Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Czech Republic
Zagros Mountains forest steppe	Iran, Arabian Peninsula