Flora in Syria Last updated on
Monday 26th April 2010
Wild grasses and shrubs such as tamarisk and buckthorn grow along the coastal strip and the Anti-Lebanon mountains contain forests of Aleppo pine and Syrian oak. Much of Syria's arable areas have been stripped of their natural vegetation.
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