Floristic and habitat diversity of Dospat Dere in the Dabrash mountain (West Rhodopes), Bulgaria

Abstract

A research has been done of the flora and natural habitats of the Dospat Dere area, which is located on the right bank of the Dospat river, between the Tuhovitsa and Zhizhevo villages, next to the border with Greece. The systematic specter of the flora contains 197 species of vascular plants (excluding the moss species). These vascular plants are referred to 143 genera and 57 families. As a result of this research, 5 habitats were established: 10 Е1 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annual of the Thero-Brachypodietea, 08H3 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation, 21G1 Supra Mediterranean hop-hornbeam woods, 02G1 Southern Helleno-Balkanic swamp alder woods and 07G1 Helleno-Balkanic riparian plane forests.

Keywords

• floral analysis
• floristic elements
• natural habitats