Macaronesian laurel

It is native to the laurisilva forests of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands in Macaronesia, and in Morocco. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Macaronesian laurel forests, are also known from fossils to have lived around the Mediterranean before the ice ages. Felling of the forests for timber and firewood, clearing vegetation for grazing and agriculture, and the introduction of exotic plants and animals by humans has displaced much of the native vegetation. The laurisilva has been reduced to small pockets. As a result, many of the endemic biota of the islands are seriously endangered or extinct. The jumping spider genus Macaroeris is named after Macaronesia. More

Macaronesian laurel forests, are also known from fossils to have lived around the Mediterranean before the ice ages. More