Editing Mont Ventoux (section)

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:Mont ventoux from mirabel.jpg|thumb|View of Mont Ventoux from [[Mirabel-aux-Baronnies]]]]
Originally forested, Mont Ventoux was systematically stripped of trees from the 12th century onwards to serve the demands of the shipbuilders of the naval port of [[Toulon]]. Some areas have been reforested since 1860 with a variety of [[hardwood]] trees (such as [[Quercus ilex|holm oak]]s and [[beech]]es) as well as [[coniferous]] species, such as [[Atlas cedar]]s and [[larch]]es. A little higher, [[juniper]]s are common.

The mountain comprises the species boundary or [[ecotone]] between the flora and fauna of northern and southern France. Some species, including various types of [[spiders]] and [[butterflies]], are unique to Mont Ventoux. It is a good place to spot the [[short-toed snake eagle]] (''Circaetus gallicus'').

Its biological distinctiveness was recognised by [[UNESCO]] in 1990 when the Réserve de Biosphère du Mont Ventoux was created, protecting an area of 810 square kilometres (200,150 acres) on and around the mountain.