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Hyrcanian forests, the Glossary

The Hyrcanian forests (جنگل های هیرکانی; Hirkan meşələri) are a zone of lush lowland and montane forests covering about near the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran and Azerbaijan.^[1]

Acer cappadocicum

Acer cappadocicum, the Cappadocian maple, is a maple native to Asia, from central Turkey (ancient Cappadocia) east along the Caucasus, the Himalayas, to southwestern China.

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Acer velutinum

Acer velutinum is a species of tree in the Sapindaceae family. Hyrcanian forests and Acer velutinum are Flora of Iran.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Albizia julibrissin

Albizia julibrissin, the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to southwestern and eastern Asia.

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The Alborz (البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern parts of Khorasan. Hyrcanian forests and Alborz are Alborz (mountain range) and mountain ranges of Iran.

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Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa, the common alder, black alder, European alder, European black alder, or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa.

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Alnus subcordata

Alnus subcordata, the Caucasian alder, is a species in the family Betulaceae, prevalent in the Hyrcanian woodlands situated in the Caspian Mountains of northern Iran and southeast Azerbaijan.

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Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate.

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Ardabil province

Ardabil Province (استان اردبیل) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.

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Aspect (geography)

In physical geography and physical geology, aspect (also known as exposure) is the compass direction or azimuth that a terrain surface faces.

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Atropa pallidiflora

Atropa pallidiflora is a close relative of the infamous deadly nightshade and, like it, is an extremely poisonous plant, containing a variety of tropane alkaloids valued in medicine for their anticholinergic, antispasmodic and mydriatic properties and deliriant in excess. Hyrcanian forests and Atropa pallidiflora are Flora of Iran.

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe

The Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in western Asia. Hyrcanian forests and Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe are ecoregions of Azerbaijan, ecoregions of Iran and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Bicolored shrew

The bicolored shrew or bicoloured white-toothed shrew (Crocidura leucodon) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Black-crowned night heron

The black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

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Broad-leaved tree

A broad-leaved, broad-leaf, or broadleaf tree is any tree within the diverse botanical group of angiosperms that has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits.

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Brown bear

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.

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Buxus sempervirens

Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.

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Carpinus betulus

Carpinus betulus, the European or common hornbeam, is a species of tree in the birch family Betulaceae, native to Western Asia and central, eastern, and southern Europe, including southern England.

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Carpinus orientalis

Carpinus orientalis, known as the Oriental hornbeam, is a hornbeam native to Hungary, the Balkans, Italy, Crimea, Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus. Hyrcanian forests and Carpinus orientalis are Flora of Iran.

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Caspian lowland desert

The Caspian lowland desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1308) covers the north and southeast coasts of the Caspian Sea, including the deltas of the Volga River and Ural River in the northern region. Hyrcanian forests and Caspian lowland desert are ecoregions of Iran and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.

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Caspian snowcock

The Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius) is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

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Caspian tiger

The Caspian tiger was a Panthera tigris tigris population native to eastern Turkey, northern Iran, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus around the Caspian Sea, Central Asia to northern Afghanistan and the Xinjiang region in western China.

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Castanea sativa

Castanea sativa, the sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut or just chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world.

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Caucasian badger

The Caucasian badger (Meles canescens) or Southwest Asian badger is a species of badger native to Western Asia and some islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucasia, is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Cupressus sempervirens

Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean cypress (also known as Italian cypress, Tuscan cypress, Persian cypress, or pencil pine), is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran.

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Dalmatian pelican

The Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans.

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Danae racemosa

Danae is a monotypic genus of flowering plants.

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Date-plum

Diospyros lotus, with common names date-plum, Caucasian persimmon, or lilac persimmon, is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros, native to temperate Asia and southeast Europe.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dew point

The dew point of a given body of air is the temperature to which it must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor.

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Eastern Anatolian montane steppe

The Eastern Anatolian montane steppe is a temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion. Hyrcanian forests and Eastern Anatolian montane steppe are ecoregions of Asia, ecoregions of Azerbaijan, ecoregions of Iran, Flora of Iran and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Edaphology

Edaphology (from Greek ἔδαφος, edaphos 'ground' + -λογία, -logia) is concerned with the influence of soils on living beings, particularly plants.

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Elburz Range forest steppe

The Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous 1,000-kilometer arc south of the Caspian Sea, stretching across northern Iran from the Azerbaijan border to near the Turkmenistan border. Hyrcanian forests and Elburz Range forest steppe are Alborz (mountain range), ecoregions of Asia, ecoregions of Iran, Flora of Iran, forests of Azerbaijan, forests of Iran, geography of Gilan province, geography of Golestan province, geography of Mazandaran province and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eurasian lynx

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Eurasian otter

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb.

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Eurasian spoonbill

The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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Fagus orientalis

Fagus orientalis, commonly known as the Oriental beech, is a deciduous tree in the beech family Fagaceae. Hyrcanian forests and Fagus orientalis are Flora of Azerbaijan and Flora of Iran.

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Fraxinus excelsior

Fraxinus excelsior, known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. Hyrcanian forests and Fraxinus excelsior are Flora of Iran.

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Geography of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Geography of Iran

Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman.

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Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve

Ghzil-Aghaj State Reserve (Qızılağac dövlət qoruğu), meaning golden tree, was established on July 3, 1929, by the Committee on Protection of the Ancient and Art Monuments of Azerbaijan on an area of 884 km2 on Ghizil-Agaj Bay at the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Lankaran District, southeastern Azerbaijan. Hyrcanian forests and Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve are Lankaran District.

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Gilan province

Gilan province (استان گیلان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country.

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Gleditsia caspica

Gleditsia caspica, the Caspian locust or Persian honeylocust, is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia, in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran, close to the Caspian Sea. Hyrcanian forests and Gleditsia caspica are Flora of Azerbaijan.

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Glis (genus)

Glis is a genus of rodent that contains two extant species, both known as edible dormice or fat dormice: the European edible dormouse (Glis glis) and the Iranian edible dormouse (Glis persicus).

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Glossy ibis

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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Golden jackal

The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia.

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Golestan National Park

Golestan National Park (پارک ملی گلستان), commonly known as the Golestan Jungle (جنگل گلستان), is an Iranian National Park in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran. Hyrcanian forests and Golestan National Park are Alborz (mountain range) and geography of Golestan province.

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Golestan province

Golestan Province (استان گلستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and southeast of the Caspian Sea.

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Greater flamingo

The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family.

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Greater white-fronted goose

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose that is closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). The greater white-fronted goose is migratory, breeding in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Greylag goose

The greylag goose or graylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Hedera pastuchovii

Hedera pastuchovii, (Araliaceae) is a species of ivy native to eastern Transcaucasia and listed in The Red Book of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1989. Hyrcanian forests and Hedera pastuchovii are Flora of Azerbaijan.

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Hirkan National Park

Hirkan National Park (Hirkan Milli Parkı) is a national park in Azerbaijan, in the Talysh region. Hyrcanian forests and Hirkan National Park are Alborz (mountain range), Astara District, forests of Azerbaijan and Lankaran District.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Hyrcania

Hyrcania (Ὑρκανία Hyrkanía, Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 Varkâna,Lendering (1996) Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 Gurgān, Akkadian: Urqananu) is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran and Turkmenistan, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iranian edible dormouse

The Iranian edible dormouse or Iranian fat dormouse (Glis persicus) is a species of dormouse native to Western and Central Asia.

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Jungle cat

The jungle cat (Felis chaus), also called reed cat and swamp cat is a medium-sized cat native to the Middle East, the Caucasus, South and Southeast Asia and southern China.

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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Kopet Dag semi-desert

The Kopet Dag semi-desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1319) is a small ecoregion that crosses the border of southwestern Turkmenistan into northeastern Iran. Hyrcanian forests and Kopet Dag semi-desert are ecoregions of Iran and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe

The Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1008) coincides with the Kopet Dag mountains, straddling the southern border of Turkmenistan and the northeastern border of Iran. Hyrcanian forests and Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe are ecoregions of Iran and Palearctic ecoregions.

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Lankaran Lowland

The Lankaran Lowland (Lənkəran ovalığı, script) is a narrow strip of lowland in southern Azerbaijan by the Caspian Sea.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 95 World Heritage Sites in 18 countries (also called "state parties") of Western Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen.

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Little bustard

The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax.

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Mazandaran province

Mazandaran Province (استان مازندران) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Hyrcanian forests and Mazandaran province are Alborz (mountain range).

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Myotis hyrcanicus

Myotis hyrcanicus is a bat in the genus Myotis known only from northeastern Iran.

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North Khorasan province

North Khorasan Province (استان خراسان شمالی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Orography

Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain.

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Panthera pardus tulliana

Panthera pardus tulliana, also called Anatolian leopard, Persian leopard and Caucasian leopard in different parts of its range, is a leopard subspecies that was first described in 1856 based on a zoological specimen found in western Anatolia.

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Parrotia persica

Parrotia persica, the Persian ironwood, is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae, closely related to the witch-hazel genus Hamamelis.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Persian brook salamander

The Persian brook salamander or Persian mountain salamander (Paradactylodon persicus) is an endemic amphibian species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae found in Iran and possibly Azerbaijan.

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Platycladus

Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Populus alba

Populus alba, commonly called silver poplar,Webb, C. J.; Sykes, W. R.; Garnock-Jones, P. J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand.

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Prunus avium

Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae.

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Pterocarya fraxinifolia

Pterocarya fraxinifolia is a species of tree in the Juglandaceae family.

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Quercus castaneifolia

Quercus castaneifolia, the chestnut-leaved oak, is a species of oak in the turkey oak section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. Hyrcanian forests and Quercus castaneifolia are Flora of Azerbaijan and Flora of Iran.

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Quercus macranthera

Quercus macranthera, commonly called the Caucasian oak, or the Persian oak, is a species of deciduous tree native to Western Asia (northern Iran, Turkey; and in the Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) that is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in Europe growing to tall. Hyrcanian forests and Quercus macranthera are Flora of Azerbaijan.

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Red-breasted goose

The red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) is a brightly marked species of goose in the genus Branta from Eurasia.

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Refugium (population biology)

In biology, a refugium (plural: refugia) is a location which supports an isolated or relict population of a once more widespread species.

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Ruscus hyrcanus

Ruscus hyrcanus is a perennial evergreen woody shrub-like or small compact bush plant. Hyrcanian forests and Ruscus hyrcanus are Flora of Azerbaijan and Flora of Iran.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Squacco heron

The squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) is a small heron, long, of which the body is, with wingspan.

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Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.

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Talysh Mountains

Talysh Mountains (script, Kuhhâye Tâleš; Talış dağları) is a mountain range in far southeastern Azerbaijan and far northwestern Iran within Ardabil Province and Gilan Province. Hyrcanian forests and Talysh Mountains are Alborz (mountain range), Astara District, Lankaran District, Lerik District, mountain ranges of Azerbaijan, mountain ranges of Iran and Yardimli District.

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Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, northern Iran, and Southwest Asia. Hyrcanian forests and Taxus baccata are Flora of Iran.

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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.

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Tilia platyphyllos

Tilia platyphyllos, the large-leaved lime or large-leaved linden, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (Tiliaceae).

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Torminalis

Torminalis is a genus of plants in the rose family Rosaceae.

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Ulmus glabra

Ulmus glabra Hudson, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Ural Mountains, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches its southern limit in Europe; it is also found in Iran.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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Western cattle egret

The western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.

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White-headed duck

The white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a small diving duck some long.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.

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World Heritage Committee

The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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Zelkova carpinifolia

Zelkova carpinifolia, known as Caucasian zelkova, Caucasian elm or just zelkova, is a species of Zelkova, native to the Caucasus, Kaçkar, and Alborz mountains in the extreme southeast of Europe and southwest Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrcanian_forests

Also known as Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forest, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Caspian-Hyrcanian mixed forests, Hyrcanian forest, Iran jungle, Iran jungles, Iran rainforest, Iran's jungles, Iranian jungles, Iranian rainforests, Jungle and Rainforest of Iran, Jungles of Iran, SHOMAL.

, Glossy ibis, Golden jackal, Golestan National Park, Golestan province, Greater flamingo, Greater white-fronted goose, Greylag goose, Hardwood, Hedera pastuchovii, Hirkan National Park, Humid continental climate, Humid subtropical climate, Hyrcania, Iran, Iranian edible dormouse, Jungle cat, Juniper, Kopet Dag semi-desert, Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe, Lankaran Lowland, List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia, Little bustard, Mazandaran province, Miocene, Myotis hyrcanicus, North Khorasan province, Oceanic climate, Orography, Panthera pardus tulliana, Parrotia persica, Peregrine falcon, Persian brook salamander, Platycladus, Pleistocene, Populus alba, Prunus avium, Pterocarya fraxinifolia, Quercus castaneifolia, Quercus macranthera, Red-breasted goose, Refugium (population biology), Ruscus hyrcanus, Russia, Shrubland, Squacco heron, Steppe, Talysh Mountains, Taxus baccata, Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, Tiger, Tilia platyphyllos, Torminalis, Ulmus glabra, UNESCO, University of California Press, Western cattle egret, White-headed duck, Wild boar, Wolf, World Heritage Committee, World Heritage Site, World Wide Fund for Nature, Zelkova carpinifolia.

Hyrcanian forests, the Glossary

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See also

Alborz (mountain range)

Astara District

Ecoregions of Azerbaijan

Ecoregions of Europe

Ecoregions of Iran

Forests of Azerbaijan

Forests of Iran

Geography of Gilan province

Geography of Golestan province

Geography of Mazandaran province

Lankaran District

Lerik District

Masally District

Mountain ranges of Azerbaijan

Mountain ranges of Iran

Temperate rainforests

World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan

World Heritage Sites in Iran

Yardimli District

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