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The flora and vegetation of the NE Mediterranean islet with centuries-long human influences

This paper is based on the main results of an analysis of spontaneous flora and vegetation on the small islet of Vrnik (0.281 km2) with some abandoned limestone quarries on the eastern Adriatic coast. The investigations were carried out from 2014 to 2016. Altogether, 251 vascular plant taxa (species and infraspecific units) were recorded on the islet. A total of 11 plant associations, one subassocation and two stands within 10 vegetation classes were identified. Due to high anthropogenic influences during the last centuries, quarrying in particular, the islet investigated showed a relatively low variety of vascular plant taxa. In addition, clear signs of the fragmentation of the forest vegetation were observed.

Croatia ; eastern Adriatic ; phytosociology ; syntaxonomy ; vascular plant diversity

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