Tyrrhenian–Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Introduction The ''' Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests ''' is an ecoregion in southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, the Dalmatian Islands of Croatia, and Malta.The ecoregion has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub  biome.
Flora The Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests has six major plant communities. *'''The Tyrrhenian mixed oak forests''' are dominated by the sclerophyllous evergreen oak ''Quercus ilex'', ''Quercus suber'' and ''Quercus coccifera'', and by deciduous species such as ''Quercus pubescens'', ''Quercus cerris'', ''Fraxinus ornus'', ''Celtis australis'', and ''Ostrya carpinifolia''. The understory of the forest is dominated by maquis shrubs. *'''Shrublands''' occur across the ecoregion. The dominant species of maquis shrubland are ''Olea europaea'', ''Ceratonia siliqua'', ''Laurus nobilis'', ''Arbutus unedo'', ''Pistacia terebinthus'', ''Pistacia lentiscus'', ''Myrtus communis'', ''Erica arborea'' and ''Nerium oleander''. ''Juniperus phoenicea'', ''Erica scoparia'' and  ''Chamaerops humilis'' grow near near the Tyrrhenian, ''Arbutus andrachne'',  ''Juniperus oxycedrus'' and ''Juniperus macrocarpa'' grow in Dalmacia. These trees and shrubs often occur in the undestory of evergreen sclerophyllous and pine forests. Low shrubland known as garrigue grows on dry, south facing slopes near the coast. *'''Some surviving temperate deciduous oak woodlands''', mainly of ''Quercus robur'', appear in coastal wetlands on the Italian peninsula and on the island of Corsica. Stone pine ''Pinus pinea'' is found on some coastal sand dunes,  maritime pine ''Pinus pinaster'' grows on higher elevations on the island of Corsica and Sardinia. *'''Berber thuja woodlands''' occur on the island of Malta and are one of the only populations of ''Tetraclinis'' in Europe. *'''The Southeastern Italian woodlands''', in the region of Apulia, contain the oak species ''Quercus trojana'' and ''Quercus macrolepis'',   endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean, together with the evergreen holm oak ''Quercus ilex'', kermes oak ''Quercus coccifera'', cork oak ''Quercus suber'', olive ''Olea europaea'', carob ''Ceratonia siliqua'' and the deciduous oak ''Quercus pubescens''. The Aleppo pine ''Pinus halepensis'' is also found in these woodlands. *'''The Islands of Dalmatia''' are dominated by Aleppo pine ''Pinus halepensis'', kermes oak ''Quercus coccifera'' and holm oak ''Quercus ilex'' with maquis shrubs and deciduous trees ''Quercus pubescens'', ''Quercus cerris'', ''Carpinus orientalis'', ''Fraxinus ornus'', ''Cotinus coggygria'', ''Paliurus spina-christi'', ''Cercis siliquastrum''. A relict and endemic subspecies of pine, ''Pinus nigra dalmatica'', also occurs.
Fauna Two subspecies of large mammal herbivore, the European mouflon (''Ovis aries musimon'') and Corsican red deer (''Cervus elaphus corsicanus''), are endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.
Protected areas 16,489 km2 (21%) of the ecoregion is in protected areas.
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