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5 plants worth knowing

North Macedonia

North Macedonia is a mountainous, landlocked country in which the warm, dry Vardar valley – with a touch of Mediterranean climate – gives way to the high mountains of the west: the Šar Mountains, Korab, Pelister and Galičica. Forests, mainly oak and beech, cover about 40% of the country, and above them lie mountain pastures rich in herbs and Balkan endemics. Around Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, relict plant communities dating from before the Ice Age have survived.

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where it grows

  1. Macedonian pine 1

    tree

    Macedonian pine

    Pinus peuce

    The “molika” of Pelister is a Balkan relic of the Tertiary – Macedonia’s first national park was created in 1948 to protect it.
  2. Tobacco 2

    crop · Tobacco leaves on the coat of arms of North Macedonia

    Tobacco

    Nicotiana tabacum

    Tobacco leaves feature on the country’s coat of arms, and Prilep has been famous for its aromatic Oriental tobacco for more than a century.
  3. Grapevine 3

    climber

    Grapevine

    Vitis vinifera

    In the sunny Tikveš valley ripens vranec – a dark grape regarded as the calling card of Macedonian wine.
  4. Macedonian oak 4

    tree

    Macedonian oak

    Quercus trojana

    The Macedonian oak bears the country’s name – a semi-evergreen tree with toothed leaves that grows around Lakes Ohrid and Prespa.
  5. Greek mountain tea 5

    perennial

    Greek mountain tea

    Sideritis scardica

    “Mountain tea” from the Šar Mountains – its Latin epithet comes from the ancient name of these mountains, Scardus.