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{{Short description|Shrubland plant community in the Mediterranean}}
{{About|the Mediterranean scrubland|other uses|Garrigues (disambiguation)}}
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[[Image:Garrigue 2007-09-20.JPG|thumb|250px|
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It is found on [[limestone]] soils in [[southern France]] and around the [[Mediterranean Basin]], generally near the seacoast where the moderated [[Mediterranean climate]] provides annual summer [[drought]]. It is an anthropogenic [[Forest degradation|degradation]] and [[Ecological succession|succession]] form of former [[evergreen]] oak forests that existed until around 2500 years BC.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.educ-envir.org/~euziere/science/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=31
| title = Garrigues en pays languedocien
| language = | publisher = Ecologistes de l'Euzière
| year = 2007
| | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131102110529/http://www.educ-envir.org/~euziere/science/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=31
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web▼
| archive-date = 2013-11-02
| url-status = dead
▲ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.southerntimes.net/History-of-the-Garrigue.html
| title = History of the Garrigue
| first = Peter | last = Shield
| publisher = Southern Times
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</ref><ref>''Garrigue, une histoire qui ne manque pas de piquant'', Ecolodoc no. 7 - Éditions Écologistes de l’Euzière, avril 2007 {{ISBN|978-2-906128-20-0}}</ref>
The term has also found its way into [[haute cuisine]], suggestive of the resinous flavours of a
==Habitat and vegetation==
[[File:Garrigue herault.jpg|thumb|250px|
[[Image:Cistus-and-Senecio.JPG|thumb|250px|''[[Cistus]]'' and ''[[Senecio]]'' are characteristic plants of the
[[File:Kula Kegljevica.JPG|thumb|250px|Garig in [[Bukovica, Croatia]].]]
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre described
Aside from dense thickets of kermes oak that punctuate the
===Allelopathy===
The aromatic oils and soluble [[monoterpene]]s of such herbs leached into
==Similar ecoregions==
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In [[California chaparral and woodlands|California]] a similar Mediterranean climate [[ecoregion]] is named [[chaparral]]; in [[Chile]] it is named the [[Chilean Matorral|
===Maquis===
Both
[[Maquis shrubland]] is broadly similar to
==Conservation==
[[Deforestation]] of the indigenous oak forest since the [[Late Bronze Age]], for cultivation of [[olive]]s, [[viticulture|vines]] and grain, the introduction of sheep and especially goats and charcoal-making for heat and iron-working, exposed the land surface to weathering and resulted in [[erosion]] of the topsoil.<ref>Braudel, Fernand. ''The Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II''</ref> The wild
==Origin of the word==
First cited in
==Uses==
===Cultivation===
The dense, thrifty growth of
Some have become [[invasive species]] in the [[Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub]] biome's other ecoregions beyond the Mediterranean Basin on other continents, including the [[California chaparral and woodlands]].
===Viticulture===
Grapes that are grown in the ''
| url = http://www.wineloverspage.com/wines/wt033000.shtml
| title = Wine Tasting Report: Chateau Saint Martin de la Garrigues 1997 Bronzinelle Coteaux du Languedoc
| publisher = Wine Lovers Page
| date = March 2000
| | archive-date = 14 June 2011
}}</ref> Some wines bottled in [[Southern France]] contain the word ''garigues'' as part of their [[appellation]] or [[wine label|label]] name.<ref>Stéphane Batigne, ''Arnavielle, une famille des garrigues'', Mille et une vies, 2008 {{ISBN|978-2-923692-01-2}}</ref>▼
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614001851/http://www.wineloverspage.com/wines/wt033000.shtml
| url-status = dead
▲ }}</ref> Some wines bottled in [[Southern France]] contain the word ''
==See also==
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