20Jul 2017

FLORA OF CHEPAN MOUNTAIN (WESTERN BULGARIA).

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Chepan Mountain is located in Western Bulgaria. It is part of Balkan Mountains on the territory of Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. As a result of this study in Chepan Mountain on the territory of only 25 km2 were found 784 species of wild vascular plants from 378 genera and 84 families. Such amazing biodiversity can be found in Southern Europe only. The floristic analysis indicates that the most of the families and the genera are represented by a small number of inferior taxa. The hemicryptophytes dominate among the life forms with 53.32%. The biological types are represented mainly by perennial herbaceous plants (59.57%). In the flora of the Mountain there are 49 floristic elements. The most of the species are European-Asiatic floristic elements (14.54%), followed by European-Mediterranean floristic elements (13.78%) and subMediterranean floristic elements (13.52%). Among the vascular plants, there are 26 Balkan endemic species, 4 Bulgarian endemic species and 26 relic species. The species with protection statute are 66 species. The anthropophytes among the vascular plants are 390 species (49.74%). The information about invasive alien plants species in the mountain is published for the first time.

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[Dimcho Zahariev. (2017); FLORA OF CHEPAN MOUNTAIN (WESTERN BULGARIA). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1301-1312] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dimcho Zahariev
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection, Botany and Zoology, University of Shumen, Bulgaria

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4841      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4841

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