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unusual facts about Mediterranean region



Arbutus andrachne

Arbutus andrachne, commonly called the Greek Strawberry Tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia.

Argan

The Argan (Argania spinosa) is a species of tree endemic to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the Algerian region of Tindouf in the western Mediterranean region.

Hypolagus

Though unknown in the Iberian Peninsula, fossils of this genus have been found in the Balearic Islands, suggesting an eastern migration during the dry period in the Mediterranean region known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis.


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1634: The Ram Rebellion

The initial main thread is called the "Western and North-Central Europe thread" (encompassing northern and western Germany, Denmark, England, France, the Low Countries, Sweden and the Baltic; the second plot line, encompassing events in Italy, Spain, the Mediterranean region, and France, the "South European thread", and this book can be considered the starting novel of the "South-Central/South-East thread" being set in southern Germany, Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia.

Afshin

Afşin, a town in the Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey

Bitter vetch

Vicia ervilia, an ancient grain legume crop of the Mediterranean region

Bodhrán

The bodhrán is one of the most basic of drums and as such it is similar to the frame drums distributed widely across northern Africa from the Middle East, and has cognates in instruments used for Arabic music and the musical traditions of the Mediterranean region (see Music of North Africa, Music of Greece etc.).

House centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata, originally from the Mediterranean region, but now found almost worldwide

L. albus

Lupinus albus, a traditional white lupin pulse species cultivated in the Mediterranean region

L. nobilis

Laurus nobilis, the bay laurel, an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub species native to the Mediterranean region

Maquis

Maquis shrubland or macchia is a biome in the Mediterranean region.

Mediterranean Theater

Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the official term for American military operations by the Army, the Navy, and the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean region during 1942–45

Pencil Pine

Cupressus sempervirens - Mediterranean Cypress, native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as ornamentals in gardens

Turpentine tree

Pistacia terebinthus (Terebinth), native to the Mediterranean region and also the Canary Islands