Five winter-wet coasts worldwide

Mediterranean Scrub

Five Mediterranean climates, one playbook: drought-built shrubs, fire-loving plants, ridiculous biodiversity.

Species

20,000

Plant species

25,000

Endangered

24%

Pressure

Considered one of the 5 most threatened biomes globally

Surprise of the day

The Cape Floristic Region (South Africa) holds more plant species than the entire UK in an area the size of Portugal.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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