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The most important plant taxa of the Dinara mountain

Dinara is a mountain massif characterized by a mediterranean, sub-mediterranean and continental climate. The study of flora was conducted during 2018 and 2019, and 30 stenoendemic and subendemic taxa with a narrow distribution were identified, such as among others: Oxytropis dinarica ssp. velebitica, Knautia dinarica, Micromeria croatica, Genista sylvestris ssp. dalmatica, Pinus nigra ssp. dalmatica, Cerastium grandiflorum, Teucrium arduinii, Moltkia petraea, Veronica saturejoides, Thymus striatus and others. It was found that 22 taxa face the risk and danger of extinction and have one of the IUCN endangerment categories. On the Dinara area, also the species listed in Annexes II, IV and V of the Directive on the Protection of Natural Habitats and Wild Fauna and Flora grow: Cerastium dinaricum, Arabis scopoliana, Chouardia litardierei, Serratula lycopifolia and Ruscus aculeatus. The investigated taxa grow in the habitats of rocky karst areas and mountain peaks where they are isolated, therefore their have a great ecological importance in the protection of vegetation and soil of the mountain meadows and pastures area important in the context of traditional livestock.

plant diversity, endangered plants, endemic plants, Dinara

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