Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Laurisilva of Madeira' has mentioned 'Mediterranean' in the following places:
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Thus, fossils dating from before the Pleistocene glaciations show that species of Laurus were formerly distributed more widely around the Mediterranean and North Africa.
Some relict Mediterranean laurel forest species, such as sweet bay (Laurus nobilis) and European holly (Ilex aquifolium), are fairly widespread around the Mediterranean basin.
In the Mediterranean there are other areas with species adapted to the same habitat, but which generally do not form a laurel forest, except very locally in the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
In other cases, the presence of Mediterranean laurel (Laurus nobilis) provides an indication of the previous existence of laurel forest.
This species survives natively in Morocco, Portugal, Italy, Greece, the Mediterranean islands, and some areas of Spain, including the Parque Natural Los Alcornocales in the province of Cxc3xa1diz and in coastal mountains, especially in the Girona Province, and isolated in the Valencia area.
Although the Atlantic laurisilva is more abundant in the Macaronesian archipelagos, where the weather has fluctuated little since the Tertiary, there are small representations and some species contribution to the oceanic and Mediterranean ecoregions of Europe, Asia minor and west and north of Africa, where microclimates in the coastal mountain ranges form inland "islands" favorable to the persistence of laurel forests.
There are however, several areas in Mediterranean California, as well as isolated areas of southern Oregon that have evergreen forests.
Several species of evergreen Quercus forests occur, as well as a mix of evergreen scrub typical of Mediterranean climates.