n ian ▁p ine , ▁Mac ed onian ▁p ine , ▁silver ▁fir ▁and ▁Norway ▁spr uce , ▁and ▁A ege an ▁and ▁Western ▁Turkey ▁s cler oph yll ous ▁and ▁mixed ▁for ests ▁where ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁species ▁are ▁o aks , ▁st raw berry ▁tree , ▁Greek ▁st raw berry ▁tree , ▁Spanish ▁bro om ▁and ▁la ure l . ▁ ▁The ▁Euro - S iber ian ▁area ▁is ▁a ▁mountain ous ▁part ▁of ▁western ▁Turkey . ▁Here ▁the ▁fl ora ▁trans itions ▁from ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁veget ation ▁type ▁to ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁plate au . ▁The ▁dominant ▁veget ation ▁cover ▁here ▁is ▁for ests ▁of ▁o ak ▁and ▁p ine , ▁especially ▁An atol ian ▁black ▁p ine ▁and ▁Turkish ▁p ine . ▁Further ▁east ▁is ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁plate au , ▁a ▁largely ▁tre eless ▁area ▁of ▁pla ins ▁and ▁river ▁bas ins ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁alt itude ▁of ▁. ▁This ▁area ▁is ▁character ised ▁by ▁hot ▁dry ▁sum mers ▁and ▁cold ▁winter s . ▁Salt ▁ste pp es ▁and ▁la kes ▁are ▁found ▁here , ▁as ▁well ▁salt - free ▁grass land ▁areas , ▁mar sh es ▁and ▁fresh water ▁systems . ▁Im medi ately ▁around ▁the ▁large ▁Lake ▁T uz ▁and ▁other ▁sal ine ▁areas , ▁salt mar sh ▁plants ▁grow , ▁and ▁beyond ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁sharp ▁divide , ▁with ▁the ▁fl ora ▁being ▁domin ated ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁families ▁Chen op odia ceae ▁and ▁Pl umb agin aceae .