''Fraxinus dimorpha'' is a species of
ash tree
''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergree ...
native to
Morocco and
Algeria in
Northern Africa. An example occurrence of ''F. dimorpha'' is the
Ourika River Valley, which is also the sole location within the
High Atlas Range where the
endangered primate Barbary macaque
The Barbary macaque (''Macaca sylvanus''), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar.
It is the type species of the ...
, ''Macaca sylvanus'' is known to occur, is the southernmost species of the genus in the world.
[C. Michael Hogan, 2008]
References
* California Agricultural Experiment Station (1896) ''Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California'' Item notes: 1894-1895
* C. Michael Hogan (2008
''Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
Line notes
Flora of Algeria
dimorpha
Trees of Algeria
Trees of Morocco
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