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Forest Vegetation of Georgia

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The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

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Forest is the prevailing type of vegetation in Georgia. The forest area makes up 36.7 % of the country’s total land area.

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  1. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    George Nakhutsrishvili

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Nakhutsrishvili, G. (2013). Forest Vegetation of Georgia. In: The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus). Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5_6

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