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These cover an area of about 95.160 ha.  Three Pine species occur naturally in Morocco: Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis), coastal Pine, (Pinus pinaster) and black Pine (Pinus nigra), the latter being limited to some rare sections in the central and Occidental Rif, while the other two are relatively common in Morocco.

Pine woods shelter a floristic population composed of a mixture of shrub arborescent species: Tetraclinis articulata, Juniperus phoenicea, Quercus rotundifolia, Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyirea spp., Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosmarinus tournefortii, Stipa tenacissima, Globularia alypum, Cistus spp...As for animals, over 150 species of Arthropods have been counted while bird species are the same as for Cedar groves with, however, the added presence of a Warbler (Hoxia curvirostra) linked totally to these plants whose seeds constitute the favorite food of this species.

Like Cedar groves, pinewoods are endangered by several ravaging insects, namely the procession caterpillar and many species of Coleopterans as the Scolopendrids.