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Flora of steppe grassland (NATURA 2000 site) in Bilje (NE Croatia)

Grassland area at the local cemetery in the village of Bilje (Baranja region, northeastern Croatia) is the last remnant of dry steppe grasslands of the alliance Festucion vallesiacae in Croatia. It is a site included in the national ecological network of Croatia (designated with code HR2000728) which is part of the EU Natura 2000 network. Osijek-Baranja County proclaimed in 2001 protection of this steppe grassland in category of natural monument. The research of the grassland flora in the area of 0.63 ha was carried out during eight field surveys, from April to May, 2015. Total of 104 of vascular plants from 86 genera and 42 families were recorded. Among the identified taxa, the most belongs to Poaceae (11.0%), followed by Fabaceae (10.1%), Asteraceae (7.3%), Caryophyllaceae (6.4%), Brassicaceae (5.5%) and Lamiaceae (5.5%). Regarding the distribution of plant life forms, hemicryptophytes were dominant (62.4%), followed by therophytes (21.1%) and geophytes(12.8%). According to threatened status, given in Red Book of Vascular Flora of Croatia, three taxa are critically endangered (CR), one is vulnerable (VU) and three are nearly threatened (NT). High number of plant taxa recorded in this very small area suggests that steppe grasslands in Bilje is important for plant diversity.

flory ; grassland ; Bilje ; Natura 2000

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