Montpellier maple
acer monspessulanum latin

White Oak, Hop-hornbeam and Montpellier Maple, or the characteristic scrub of the maquis shrubland and garrigue are notable.

Montpellier Maple is a species of maple native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the Eifel in Germany.

The most widely accepted as distinct is Acer monspessulanum subsp.

Otherwise, Acer monspessulanum is rarely seen in cultivation outside of arboreta.

The larvae feed on Acer monspessulanum.

Plants belong to submediterranean communities (such as Acer monspessulanum, Rubia tinctorum)

On the other hand, on the lakeside cliffs in the hot and dry microclimate southern species (such as Acer monspessulanum) have acclimatized and established.

It is closely related to Acer monspessulanum from further north and west in Europe, differing from it in being a smaller, often shrubby tree, and in its smaller, evergreen leaves.

The site's natural vegetation includes Acer monspessulanum, Buxus sempervirens, Corylus avellana, Crataegus monogyna, Cupressus sempervirens, Fraxinus excelsior, Genista spp., Ilex aquifolium, Juniperus communis, Prunus avium, Prunus spinosa, Pteridium aquilinum, and Quercus ilex.

In the municipality, besides common trees such as the oak or elder, there is also found the pistacia terebinthus or turpentine tree, the acer monspessulanum or black maple, Juniperus phoenicea or Phoenicean Juniper, the Juniperus oxycedrus or prickly Juniper, cistus albidus or white rockrose.