Much of coastal and temperate Turkey is covered in maquis scrubland and red pine forests that require little water. At higher altitudes, black pine, fir, and cedar woods grow. The Mediterranean climate allows valleys and lowlands to cultivate tropical fruits like kiwis, bananas, avocados, and mushrooms. The Aegean region is known for olives, grapes, cotton, and tobacco. The higher slopes of the Black Sea region contain thick forests of beech, oak, maple, alder, and Scots pine. The narrow coastal strip and lower slopes of the Black Sea region grow tea, hazelnuts, flax, and maize, all suited for the temperate climate with

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TURKEY

2. MUCH OF THE COASTAL AND MORE TEMPERATE
AREAS OF TURKEY ARE COVERED IN MAQUIS
(DWARF FOREST) OR RED PINES, WHICH REQUIRE
LITTLE WATER TO TIDE THEM OVER DRY SUMMERS.

3. MAQUEIS
RED PINE TREE

4. AT HIGHER ALTITUDES WOODS OF BLACK PINE,
FIR AND CEDAR GROW.
BLACK PINE

5. FIR TREES

6. CEDAR TREES

7. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE ENABLES THE VALLEYS
AND LOWLANDS TO GROW A RANGE OF TROPICAL
FRUIT KIWIS, BANANAS, AVOCADO AND
MUSHROOMS.

8. BANANAS AND LEMON TREES

9. MUSHROOMS

10. AVOCADO TREES

11. THE AEGEAN REGION IN PARTICULAR IS KNOWN
FOR ITS OLIVES, GRAPES, COTTON AND TOBACCO.

12. COTTON AND TOBACCO PLANTS

13. THE HIGHER SLOPES OF THE VERDANT BLACK SEA
REGION ARE THICK WITH BEECH, OAK, MAPLE,
ALDER, SCOTS PINE.
BEECH TREES

14. OAK TREES

15. MAPLE TREE

16. ALDER TREE

17. THE NARROW COASTAL STRIP AND LOWER
SLOPES ARE USED TO GROW TEA,
HAZELNUTS, FLAX, MAIZE. ALL OF THESE
PLANTS ARE SUITED TO A TEMPERATE CLIMATE
WITH PLENTY OF RAIN -- NEVER A PROBLEM IN
THE BLACK SEA REGION.

18. ONE OF THE TEA GARDENS IN THE
BLACK SEA REGION

19. HAZELNUT TREES

20. FLAX PLANTS

21. MAIZE PLANTS

22. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW ABOUT FLORA IN
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