The Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests spread across the mountains of eastern Turkey, covering the Anti-Taurus range, the western part of the eastern Anatolian Mountains, and the headwaters of the Euphrates River. Oak woodlands define the region, dominated by deciduous species such as Brant oak (Quercus brantii), Lebanon oak (Quercus libani), Valonia oak, and Aleppo oak, with relict Scots pine, birch, and valley plane trees (Platanus orientalis) adding variety. The climate is dry and continental, marked by extreme winter cold and heavy snowfall, with annual precipitation ranging from roughly 600 to 1,000 mm. The ecoregion is a center of endemism along the Anatolian Diagonal, and Munzur Valley National Park alone holds over 3,000 plant species; brown bear, gray wolf, lynx, chamois, and bezoar ibex range through its forests. For gardeners, the native oaks and oriental plane are well-known ornamental and shade genera suited to dry, cold-winter continental climates.

At a glance

About the temperate broadleaf & mixed forests biome

Four-season forests of deciduous hardwoods — oak, maple, beech — often mixed with conifers, shaped by warm summers and cold winters. Trees leaf out in spring and color in autumn; the generally fertile soils have made these forests heavily settled and farmed.

Catalog plants suited to this ecoregion

Computed from each plant's stated USDA zone range against this ecoregion's CHELSA-derived current zone range, with the CHELSA mid-century warming delta applied for the projection. Plants whose stated range falls outside both the current and projected zone end up dropped; the rest land in one of the three buckets below.

Collections for this ecoregion

Curated multi-plant collections whose members all fit this ecoregion's zone range — no won't-grow members smuggled in. Overall fit class shown per collection is the weakest link across its members.

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