Plant species in the moister parts of this zone include various oaks, pistachio trees, and Rosaceae (rose/plum family).
In California, almost all female pistachio trees are the cultivar "Kerman".
At the time of its inhabitance, the area was heavily forested in oak, almond, and pistachio trees.
Pistacia integerrima is a species of pistachio tree native to Asia.
The tomb is a quiet and contemplative place, inside a modest enclosure under a pistachio tree, with a finely carved headstone.
Further, the use of the woodlands for grazing ground and the collection of nuts for export apparently prevent new pistachio trees from growing.
The leaves on the pistachio trees shone fire-red and orange.
But villagers, digging up their valuable pistachio trees, kept turning up building stones.
It is considered a pest on pistachio trees.
Along with the houses, vines and pistachio trees also burned.