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The floristic composition of grassland of the Opeka Arboretum (Vinica, NW Croatia)

During the vegetation seasons 2008 and 2009 floristic composition of grasslands of Opeka Arboretum has been surveyed. In total, 276 plant taxa were found, and 223 taxa were recorded for the first time for the investigated area. The taxa were classified into 66 families, the Poaceae (10.51%), Asteraceae (6.52%) and Lamiaceae (6.16%) families appearing among them with relatively high number of taxa. In the Arboretum Opeka 12 red- listed native herbaceous plant taxa were found. There were also 36 species protected and 9 species strictly protected by law. Non-indigenous plants made up 14.13% of the flora of the investigated area: 6 archaeophytes, 6 neophytes, 28 cultivated species and 8 of them were invasive alien species. Floristical composition of native herbaceous vegetation in Opeka Arboretum should be maintained by regular mowing of grasslands.

vascular flora ; grassland ; Opeka Arboretum ; north-western Croatia

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