Fig. 6.4 The distribution of the
natural vegetation types in Libya.
Adapted from: Atlas of Libya
(1978)
Table 6.2 The distribution of
the natural vegetation types in
Libya based on (Atlas of Libya
1978)
Color code
Natural vegetation type
Area (%)
1
Mediterranean evergreen woodlands
0.06
2
Open Aleppo pine forests
0.19
3
Open Arar forests with Junipers
1.93
4
Steppe with coastal forest belts
2.88
5
Sub-desert steppe with bushes and shrubs
4.39
6
Sub-desert steppe with herbaceous plants
8.97
7
Salt shotts
0.56
8
Salt marshes with shrubs
0.48
9
Mediterranean wadi vegetation with Acacias
1.58
10
Desert wadi vegetation with Nerium oleander
1.86
11
Desert dunes with some vegetation (Ephedra etc.)
12.70
12
Desert with almost no vegetation
25.96
13
Desert dunes without vegetation
10.26
14
Desert dunes with some vegetation (Aristidia etc.)
0.05
15
Short-lived, sporadic vegetation after rains
8.60
16
Tibisti lower mountain belt with Acacias
1.47
17
Tibisti hamada with Acacia flava
0.41
18
Ahaggar mountain desert steppe
0.40
19
Ahagger steppe with Acacias and Panicum
0.72
20
Ahaggar lower mountain belt with Acacias
16.46
21
Tibisti shrub grasslands
0.01
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