3a Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe(Cedar, juniper, pine, and oak forests cover approximately one-third of the ecoregion. At high altitudes, junipers dominate the landscape. Even higher, the forests eventually give way to alpine meadows, pseudo-steppe vegetation, and finally scree slopes where purple cushion plants bloom. River valleys wind through the landscape, their rich, moist soil supporting willows, poplars, oaks, hawthorns, and a carpet of oleander).