This is an essay about vegetation typical of a Mediterranean climate. In this essay you will find out about how plants survive and multiply in a dry heat and the different types that exist. I will also compare Mediterranean vegetation with that of a colder climate. The regions that we will be looking at are those that border the Mediterranean sea. These are, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Monaco, France, and Spain.
Island states within the sea are Malta and Cyprus.
A vegetation of trees and scrub brush in this region is called maquis. The soil is often reddish in colour, indicating a high iron content. The low amounts of rain in this region result in little leaching of the soil, and the humus content is low from lack of leaf fall. Shrubs and bushes have very good defences against the heat and lack of water during the four summer months when rainfall is low. Several varieties of lavender are grown commercially for their fragrant flowers, and are used in perfumes, toilet preparations, and medicines.