Editing Sclerophyll (section)

==Ecology==
[[File:San Rossore, Riserva del Paduletto.jpg|thumb|250px|Sclerophyll woodland in [[Tuscany]], Italy]]

The [[Type species|type]] of sclerophyllic trees in the [[Palearctic]] flora region include the holm oak (''[[Quercus ilex]]''), myrtle (''[[Myrtus communis]]''), strawberry tree (''[[Arbutus unedo]]''), wild olive (''[[Olea europaea]]''), laurel (''[[Laurus nobilis]]''), mock privet (''[[Phillyrea latifolia]]''), the Italian buckthorn (''[[Rhamnus alaternus]]''), etc.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pott |first=Richard |title=Allgemeine Geobotanik: Biogeosysteme und Biodiversität |date=2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-23058-8 |series=Springer-Lehrbuch |location=Berlin Heidelberg |pages=353–398}}</ref>

* In central and southern California, the coastal hills are covered in sclerophyll vegetation known as chaparral. The flora of this ecoregion also includes tree species [[Quercus dumosa|scrub oak]] (''Quercus dumosa''), [[California buckeye]] (''Aesculus californica''), [[Dudleya densiflora|San Gabriel Mountain liveforever]] (''Dudlea densiflora''), [[Cercocarpus traskiae|Catalina mahogany]] (''Cercocarpus traskiae''), and the threatened [[Streptanthus albidus|jewelflower]] (''Streptanthus albidus'' ssp. ''Peramoenus'').<ref name="wwf">{{Cite web |title=California Chaparral & Woodlands |url=http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/california_chaparral_woodlands.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008083831/http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/california_chaparral_woodlands.cfm |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=2012-06-15 |publisher=World Wildlife Fund}} (material included verbatim under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 3.0 license])</ref>
* In [[South Africa]], in the Cape region, there are Mediterranean open forests known as [[fynbos]]. The abundance of endemics is so extraordinary (68% of the 8600 vascular plant species in the area) that the South African sclerophyll area, the cape flora, forms the smallest of [[Phytochorion#Good_(1947)_regionalization|the six flora kingdoms on earth]]. Plants include ''[[Elegia (plant)|Elegia]]'', ''[[Thamnochortus]]'', and ''[[Willdenowia (plant)|Willdenowia]]'' and proteas such as king protea (''[[Protea cynaroides]]'') and blushing bride (''[[Serruria florida]]''). 
* In most of Australia, sclerophyll vegetation such as [[eucalyptus]] trees, [[melaleuca]]s, [[banksia]]s, [[callistemon]]s and [[grevillea]]s dominate the [[Mallee (habit)|mallee]] and woodland areas of its cities, including those lacking a Mediterranean climate, such as [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Hobart]] and [[Brisbane]].<ref name="duncanbrown">{{Cite journal |last1=Duncan |first1=F |last2=Brown |first2=M.J |date=1985 |title=Dry Sclerophyll vegetation in Tasmania |journal=Wildlife Division Technical Report 85/1- National Parks and Wildlife Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests |url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ThreatenedSpeciesApp/VegClass.aspx?vegClassName=Sydney+Coastal+Dry+Sclerophyll+Forests |access-date=September 17, 2012 |publisher=NSW Environment & Heritage}}</ref>
* In Chile, south of the desert areas, there is evergreen bushland called [[matorral]]. Typical species include Litre [[Lithraea|''(Lithraea venenosa)'']], Quillay or Soapbark Tree ''([[Quillaja saponaria]])'', and bromeliads of genus ''[[Puya (genus)|Puya]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=C. Michael |date=2012-10-17 |title=Chilean Wine Palm (Jubaea chilensis) |url=http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=82831 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017013207/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=82831 |archive-date=2012-10-17 |access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref>