Photos of the major habitat types of Iran. Montane steppes: a) montane steppe in Taftan Mts., southeastern Iran; b) thorn-cushion grasslands in Baharkish Mts., eastern Iran; c) rock vegetation of Dionysia in Zagros Mts, western Iran; alpine steppe: d) alpine vegetations of Sahand Mts., northwestern Iran; e) alpine-subnival screes in Tuchal Mts., central Alborz, northern Iran; f) thorn-cushion grasslands in alpine zone in Bozgush Mts., northwestern Iran; saline depressions: g) Halocnemum strobilaceum communities in Mond Protected Area, Bushehr, southern Iran; h) Halocnemum-Siedlitzia communities of southern Iran; i) mangrove forests in Bushehr, southern Iran; wetland: j) Nelumbo nucifera community in the Anzali Ramsar Site, northern Iran; k) riparian habitats in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, western Iran; l) montane mires in the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran; anthropogenic habitats: m) rice fields of northern Iran. Photos by A. Naqinezhad (a, g, i–m) ; J. Noroozi (c–f); A. Talebi (h); S. Rahmanian (b).

 
 
  Part of: Ramzi S, Noroozi J, Gholizadeh H, Hamzeh’ee B, Asri Y, Talebi A, Moradi H, Mahdavi P, Tamjidi Eramsadati SS, Zarezadeh S, Kamrani A, Esmailzadeh O, Ghorbanalizadeh A, Bashirzadeh M, Jalili A, Sharifi J, Moradi A, Bidarlord M, Siadati S, Lotfi S, Attar F, Darzi MM, Gorji ZK, Ghasemi S, Dehghani M, Rahmanian S, Esmailpoor A, Sanaei A, Ghafari S, Ashouri P, Ali A, Dehghani A, Hosseini S, Hamedani H, Tirgan S, Maghsoudi M, Daneshi A, Eshaghi Rad J, Eslami M, Ramezani M, Mehrabi Z, Naqipour Z, Naseri N, Bahari H, Ashouri M, Vasefi N, Seyedakhlaghi SA, Ejtehadi H, Farzam M, Mokhtari S, Djamali M, Ramezani E, Zare H, Masudian N, Alinejad R, Kasiri M, Hosseini MS, Raeisi M, Ravanbakhsh H, Essl F, Jalilvand H, Abedi M, Bahalkeh K, Naqinezhad A (2024) IranVeg – the Vegetation Database of Iran: current status and the way forward. Vegetation Classification and Survey 5: 237-256. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.114081