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- Instance of
- vegetational formation
- Subclass of
- shrubland
- Image
- Macchia mediterranea map.jpg
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- Maquis shrubland
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- Maquis shrubland
- different from
- Maackia
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of maquis regions of the world Low maquis in Corsica High macchia in Sardinia Maquis ( UK: /mæˈkiː/ ma-KEE, US: /mɑːˈkiː/ mah-KEE, French: [maki]) or macchia (/ˈmɑːkiə/ MAH-kee-ə, Italian: [ˈmakkja]; often macchia mediterranea in Italian; Corsican: machja, pronounced [ˈmaca]; Croatian: makija; Occitan: maquís; Catalan: màquia) is a savanna-like shrubland biome in the Mediterranean region, typically consisting of densely growing evergreen shrubs.
Maquis is characterized by plants of the family Lamiaceae, genera Laurus and Myrtus, and species Olea europaea, Ceratonia siliqua, and Ficus carica. It is similar to garrigue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “maquis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.