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Sub-Mediterranean vegetation of the lower vegetation belt (up to 250-300 m above sea level) is distinguished by a natural thermophilic deciduous forest of hairy oak (Quercus pubescens) and hornbeam (Caprinus orientalis), while the higher vegetation belt (above 250-300m above sea level) the forests are of hairy oak and hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia). This belt is often called the Mediterranean mountain belt.