Plants & Flowers in Greece

1. Greek flora
by the eTwinning team of the 3rd High
School of Ymittos

2. Greek Flora
• There are 4,992 species of higher plants recorded in Greece
and about 742 of these can be found only in our country.
• Many pharmaceutical plants and other rare plants and
flowers considered botanical treasures flourish in Greece.
• Vegetation varies according to altitude.
• From sea level to 460 m (1,500 ft), oranges, olives, dates,
almonds, pomegranates, figs, grapes, tobacco, cotton, and
rice abound.
• From 460 to 1,070 m (1,500–3,500 ft) are forests of oak,
chestnut, and pine.
• Above 1,070 m (3,500 ft), beech and fir are most common.

3. • Aristotle was the first to try and describe all the plants
and animals that existed at that time in Greece.
• Especially for flora, he wrote his book called “Concerning
Plants”.
• His student, Theophrastus, was especially interested in
flora, as depicted in his works “On the causes of plants”
and “Enquiry into Plants”, in which he described about
550 species".
• Later in the 1st Century A,D, the doctor and “grub-
hunter” Dioscorides, in his book “De Materia Medica”
described over 600 types of plants that were of medical
interest. This book was published in 512 A.D., with
colored images under the title “Codex vindobonensis”.
Recordings in Ancient Greece

4. Flora of AtticaFlora of Attica
(The area around Athens)(The area around Athens)