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Portugal · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
The Laurisilva forest of Madeira, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is dominated by trees from which plant family?
Answer: Lauraceae (the laurel family) — The Laurisilva is a relic of the laurel forests that covered much of Southern Europe before the ice ages, dominated by trees of the Lauraceae family such as Laurus novocanariensis.
- A Fagaceae (the beech family)
- B Pinaceae (the pine family)
- C Myrtaceae (the myrtle family)
- D Lauraceae (the laurel family) ✓
The Laurisilva is a relic of the laurel forests that covered much of Southern Europe before the ice ages, dominated by trees of the Lauraceae family such as Laurus novocanariensis.