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The Tyrrhenian-Adriatic Sclerophyllous and Mixed Forests is an ecoregion in southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, the Dalmatian Islands of Croatia, and Malta. The ecoregion has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
Adjacent ecoregions include the following, from the north clockwise: i) adjoining most of the northern edge and composing the bulk of Italy is the Italian Sclerophyllous and Semi-Deciduous Forests (PA1211); and ii) occupying highland areas within the ecoregion, in southern Italy and some of the islands, is the South Apennine Mixed Montane Forests (PA1218).
Description of the Ecoregion
Adapted from the ecoregion’s Wikipedia page, the ecoregion has six major plant communities: i) Tyrrhenian mixed oak forests; ii) shrublands; iii) surviving temperate deciduous oak woodlands, mainly of Quercus robur, appear in coastal wetlands on the Italian peninsula and on the island of Corsica; iv) Berber thuja woodlands occur on the island of Malta and are one of the only populations of Tetraclinis in Europe; v) Southeastern Italian woodlands, in the region of Apulia, contain the oak species Quercus trojana and Quercus macrolepis, endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean; and vi) the Islands of Dalmatia are dominated by Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis, Kermes Oak Quercus coccifera and Holm Oak Quercus ilex with maquis shrubs and deciduous trees
Birds of the Ecoregion
Wikipedia has no information on birds of the ecoregion but notes that two subspecies of large mammal herbivore, the European Mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) and Corsican Red Eeer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus), are endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.
Resources for the Ecoregion Birder
No particular resources have yet been identified.
DJG: 0 spp. (September 2024)