The Jebel Akhdar and its adjacent coast are part of the Mediterranean woodlands and forests ecoregion and have a Mediterranean climate of hot, dry summers and relatively mild and rainy winters."Mediterranean woodlands and forests". WWF Scientific Report . Accessed 27 March 2011 The plant communities of this portion of Cyrenaica include forest, woodland, maquis, garrigue, steppe and oak savanna. Garrigue shrublands occupy the non-agricultural portions coastal plain and coastal escarpments, with Sarcopoterium spinosum, along with Asphodelus ramosus and Artemisia herba-alba, as the predominant species.El-Darier, S. M. and F.M. El-Mogaspi (2009). "Ethnobotany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya)". World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353–360, 2009, pp 353–360. Small areas of maquis are found on north-facing slopes near the sea, becoming more extensive on the lower plateau. Juniperus phoenicea, Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus coccifera and Ceratonia siliqua are common tree and large shrub species in the maquis. The upper plateau includes areas of garrigue, two maquis communities, one dominated by Pistacia lentiscus and the other a mixed maquis in which the endemic Arbutus pavarii is prominent, and forests of Cupressus sempervirens, Juniperus phoenicea, Olea europaea, Quercus coccifera, Ceratonia siliqua, and Pinus halepensis.
The Jebel Akhdar and its adjacent coast are part of the Mediterranean woodlands and forests ecoregion and have a Mediterranean climate of hot dry summers and relatively mild and rainy winters"Mediterranean woodlands and forests" WWF Scientific Report  Accessed 27 March 2011 The plant communities of this portion of Cyrenaica include forest woodland maquis garrigue steppe and oak savanna Garrigue shrublands occupy the non-agricultural portions coastal plain and coastal escarpments with Sarcopoterium spinosum along with Asphodelus ramosus and Artemisia herba-alba as the predominant speciesEl-Darier S M and FM El-Mogaspi (2009) "Ethnobotany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya)" World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3) 353–360 2009 pp 353–360 Small areas of maquis are found on north-facing slopes near the sea becoming more extensive on the lower plateau Juniperus phoenicea Pistacia lentiscus Quercus coccifera and Ceratonia siliqua are common tree and large shrub species in the maquis The upper plateau includes areas of garrigue two maquis communities one dominated by Pistacia lentiscus and the other a mixed maquis in which the endemic Arbutus pavarii is prominent and forests of Cupressus sempervirens Juniperus phoenicea Olea europaea Quercus coccifera Ceratonia siliqua and Pinus halepensis