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Greek Flora• There are 4,992 species of higher plants recorded in

Greece and about 742 of these can be found only in our country.

• Many pharmaceutical plants and other rare plants and flowers considered botanical treasures flourish in Greece.

• Vegetation varies according to altitude. • From sea level to 460 m (1,500 ft), oranges, olives,

dates, almonds, pomegranates, figs, grapes, tobacco, cotton, and rice abound.

• From 460 to 1,070 m (1,500–3,500 ft) are forests of oak, chestnut, and pine.

• Above 1,070 m (3,500 ft), beech and fir are most common.

• Aristotle was the first to try and describe all the plants and animals that existed at that time in Greece.

• Especially for flora, he wrote his book called “Concerning Plants”.

• His student, Theophrastus, was especially interested in flora, as depicted in his works “On the causes of plants” and “Enquiry into Plants”, in which he described about 550 species".

• Later in the 1st Century A,D, the doctor and “grub-hunter” Dioscorides, in his book “De Materia Medica” described over 600 types of plants that were of medical interest. This book was published in 512 A.D., with colored images under the title “Codex vindobonensis”.

Recordings in Ancient Greece

Flora of AtticaFlora of Attica (The area around Athens)(The area around Athens)