Figure 3a. Number of endemic species and subspecies per floristic region.
600
600
Είδη
Species
500
500
Figure 4. Spectrum of the habitat categories represented in the Greek flora,
taking into consideration the total number of plant taxa.
Υποείδη
Subspecies
A
9%
W
14%
400
400
300
300
C
9%
R
18%
200
200
G
18%
100
100
0
0
IoI
IoI
NPi
NPi
SPi
SPi
Pe
Pe
StE
StE
EC
EC
NC
NC
NE
NE
NAe
NAe
WAe
WAe
Σχήμα 3α. Πλήθος ενδημικών ειδών και υποειδών ανά χλωριδική περιοχή.
Figure
3b. Number
of endemic
taxa per περιοχή.
floristic
Σχήμα 3α. Πλήθος
ενδημικών
ειδών και υποειδών
ανά χλωριδική
Kik
Kik
KK
KK
P
15%
EAe
EAe
region.
Μ
5%
H
12%
500
500
450
450
Distribution
of total
endemic flora
and range-restricted
flora
Σχήμα
4. Φάσμα οικοτόπων
που flora,
αντιπροσωπεύονται
στην Ελληνική
χλωρίδα λαμβάνοντας
υπόψη το
in different
categories
σύνολο
των φυτικών habitat
taxa.
400
400
Although Greece is known for its islands and its mountains, coastal plants
and plants of the high mountains cumulatively account for only 17.2% of
the Greek flora (Table 1, Figure 4). Our assessment of plant taxa prefer-
ences reveals that Greece is in fact a country of cultural landscapes. Most
common are the plants of rural and disturbed habitats (18.1%), followed by
grassland and low-shrub species, with 17.7% representing sub-Mediterra-
nean/temperate pastures and meadows at low to mountain altitudes and
15.4% representing Mediterranean meadows rich in annual species and
phrygana (Figure 4).
350
350
300
300
250
250
200
200
150
150
100
100
50
50
0 0
IoI
IoI
NPi
NPi
SPi
SPi
Pe
Pe
StE
StE
EC
EC
NC
NC
NE
NE
NAe
NAe
WAe
WAe
Kik
Kik
KK
KK
EAe
EAe
Plants occurring in forests and scrubs account for only 13.7% of the Greek
flora, although (a) they are very diverse and widespread in Greece; (b) al-
most all tree and shrub species found in Greece are included in this habitat
category. Specialized plants of high mountains (12.6%), steep rocks (9.0%),
Σχήμα
περιοχή.
Σχήμα 3β.
3β. Πλήθος
Πλήθος ενδημικών
ενδημικών taxa
taxa ανά
ανά χλωριδική
χλωριδική περιοχή.
Total taxa (%) Endemic taxa (%) Range-restricted
taxa (%)
Freshwater habitats (Aquatic habitats, springs and fens, reedbeds and damp
tall herb vegetation, seasonally flooded depressions, damp and seepage 6 6
meadows, streambanks, river and lake shores) (A) 786 (8,89%) 34 (1,79%) 65 (2,54%)
Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders (C) 802 (9,07%) 434 (22,89%) 523 (20,43%)
Temperate and sub-mediterranean Grassl ands (lowland to montane dry
and mesic meadows and pastures, rock outcrops and stony ground, grassy
non-ruderal verges and forest edges) (G) 1561 (17,66%) 292 (15,40%) 473 (18,48%)
High mountain vegetation (subalpine and alpine grasslands, screes and
rocks, scrub above the treeline) (H) 1106 (12,51%) 364 (19,20%) 534 (20,86%)
413 (4,67%) 125 (6,59%) 129 (5,04%)
Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands (Mediterranean dwarf shrub
formations, annual-rich pastures and lowland screes) (P) 1363 (15,42%) 369 (19,46%) 455 (17,77%)
Agricultural and Ruderal habitats (fields, gardens and plantations, roadsides
and trampled sites, frequently disturbed and pioneer habitats) (R) 1598 (18,08%) 90 (4,75%) 129 (5,04%)
Woodlands and scrub (broadleaved and coniferous forest, riparian and
mountain forest and scrub, hedges, shady woodland margins) (W) 1210 (13,69%) 188 (9,92%) 252 (9,84%)
Habitat categories
Coastal habitats (Marine waters and mudflats, salt marshes, sand dunes,
littoral rocks, halo-nitrophilous scrub) (Μ)
Table 2. Habitat categories on which the plant taxa
(total plant taxa, endemic taxa, and range-restricted taxa) of Greece have been assigned..
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