The areas in green on the map designate areas with a distinctive
family of plants, all subject to Mediterranean climate; in French, the maquis.
Wikipedia gives a list of the drought resistant plants one often finds
in a maquis and, surprisingly, many are flowers. A formation végétale has
particular plants which give the region particular appearance. We are
here dealing with the classification of ecological regions.
People have been living around the Mediterranean for a long time...
The maquis has cultural significance as well. 20% of Corsica
is a maquis, and the folks who live there are tough. Indeed, The
Resistance during World War ll was populated with maquisards.
I could be wrong here, but planting desert flowers and other water
retaining plants might be one way of reducing the severity of autumnal
brush fires...
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