In some areas, including its northernmost native location, it is seriously threatened by an introduced South American moth Paysandisia archon.
One must dress at every shrine a holy tent made of fan palm fibres and dyed with henna, the other one arrives in procession with a muqaddim (religious leader) riding a white horse.
Chamaerops | chamaerops |
The district boasts great ecological value, with an abundance of hawthorn, globularia, mastic, Kermes Oak and chamaerops.