15Aug 2017

FLORA OF TARNOVSKI HEIGHTS (NORTHERN BULGARIA).

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection, Botany and Zoology, University of Shumen, Bulgaria.
  • Master Student in Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Shumen, Bulgaria.
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Tarnovski Heights are located in the central part of Northern Bulgaria. Inventory of their flora was done for the first time. As a result, 964 species of wild vascular plants from 439 genera and 94 families were described. A floristic analysis was made that includes the following information: taxonomic structure, phytogeographyc structure, endemic species, relic species, species with conservation status, distribution of species by biological type and by life form, medicinal plants, antropophytes. The number of invasive species is significant, almost half of the number of invasive plant species in Bulgaria.

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[Dimcho Zahariev and Lidiya Taneva. (2017); FLORA OF TARNOVSKI HEIGHTS (NORTHERN BULGARIA). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 1011-1022] (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/IJAR01/5150      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5150

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