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PJB-2024-360

The vegetation of Karlik mountain in southwestern Turkey

 

Hediye Aktaş Aytepe
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The southwestern region of Turkey has different vegetation, site conditions, and biodiversity. There are many phytosociological studies conducted in this region. The vegetation map of Europe has been completed, but the vegetation map of our country has not been completed yet. Our study, which was carried out to identify the vegetation structure of Karlık Mountain (Yatağan/Muğla), is original as no phytosociological research has been realized before in the research area. Our study aims to contribute to the syntaxonomic studies of the southwestern region of Turkey. Karlık Mountain is under threat due to the active activity of grazing and mining. For this reason, it is important to determine and protect the vegetation structure of the area. The altitude of Karlık Mountain is between 800-1400 m. The Braun - Blanquet approach was used in the vegetation applied between 2019 - 2020 and analyzed using JUICE classification, and NMDS ordination. As a result of the study, four plant associations belonging to two different vegetation types new to science were identified. Detected vegetation types are forest, and steppe vegetation. The forest vegetation consist of Sileno odontopetalo - Pinetum brutiae Aytepe ass. nova, Scabioso polykratis - Pinetum pallasianae Aytepe ass. nova, and Potentillo rectae - Juniperetum foetidissimatis Aytepe ass. nova. The steppe vegetation consists of Fumano arabicae - Astragaletum condensati Aytepe ass. nova

To Cite this article: Aytepe, H.A. 2026. The vegetation of Karlik mountain in southwestern Turkey. Pak. J. Bot., 58(1): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2026-1(22)  
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