Coastal and halophytic habitats and their flora in Evrotas Delta (SE Peloponnisos, Greece)
GEORGIOS KORAKIS1* and ACHILLEAS GERASIMIDIS2

1 Department of Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, P.O. Box 129, Pantazidou 193, 68200, Orestiada, Greece
2 School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University, P.O. Box 270, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece


Abstract

This paper studies the flora and the habitats of the Evrotas Delta in SE Peloponnisos (Greece). The study area comprises a combination of coastal and wetland ecosystems with vegetation that depends largely on soil-water conditions, and consists of a mosaic of wetland, halophytic and psammophytic plant communities. Field studies recorded 136 plant taxa (belonging to 109 genera and 38 families) specialized or related to azonal habitats. These taxa, found in nine mapped coastal or wetland habitats, are described fully and classified into phytosociological units of high taxonomic rank. Life form and chorological spectra, indication of life-form, chorological data and concise notes on species biotopes are provided.


 
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