Fraxinus dimorpha
Encyclopedia
Fraxinus dimorpha is a species of ash tree native to Morocco
and Algeria
in Northern Africa. An example occurrence of F. dimorpha is the Ourika River
Valley, which is also the sole location within the High Atlas
Range where the endangered primate
Barbary Macaque
, Macaca sylvanus is known to occur.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
in Northern Africa. An example occurrence of F. dimorpha is the Ourika River
Ourika River
Ourika River is a river in Morocco, at . It rises in the High Atlas and flows through the Ourika Valley, 30 km from Marrakech.-Natural history:...
Valley, which is also the sole location within the High Atlas
High Atlas
High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas Mountains is a mountain range in central Morocco in Northern Africa.The High Atlas rises in the west at the Atlantic Ocean and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moroccan-Algerian border. At the Atlantic and to the southwest the range drops abruptly...
Range where the endangered primate
Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates , which contains prosimians and simians. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment...
Barbary Macaque
Barbary Macaque
The Barbary Macaque , or Common macaque, is a macaque with no tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small population, of unknown origin, in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they are the only primates that...
, Macaca sylvanus is known to occur.