Western Greece is home to the wetter regions where at 800-2,000 m. (2,625-6,562 ft.)
macchia is found. At a little lesser height in the drier southeast, foliage merges into shrub like
plants: heath, juniper, and spurge. To find mixed deciduous forests of chestnut, elm, beech,
plane, and maple you should travel to the mountains of northern and central Greece up to heights
of over 1,500m. (4,922 ft.). And in this same region at heights of 1,700m. (5,578 ft.) Coniferous
forests abound. The only tree found above this height, up to 2,000m. (6,562 ft.) is the Apollo fir.
But in truth, the natural landscape of Greece is barren countryside. The natural cover of
macchia and trees has been destroyed by animal grazing and the expansion of arable land. Some
areas have been left as wasteland while some land has given root to fig plantations, vineyards,
and olive groves. And there have been additions to the native flora; The date-palm was
introduced from Africa, and Central America brought the agave and prickly pear. All of which
have flourished in Greece.