RUDINA KOCI, ALFRED MULLAJ, ALMA IMERI, JULIAN SHEHU
Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences
*Corresponding author e-mail: rudikoci@gmail.com
Abstract
A detailed study of flora and vegetation of south west part of Vlora bay is presented in this paper. Field work was carried out in the period 2014 – 2016. The total number of species recorded to be grown in the area was 155, implementing 134 genus and 46 families. Considering the total number of species found it can be concluded that the main number of species was represented by three families being respectively Poaceae 28 species, Asteraceae 16 species, Fabaceae 13. In the life – spectrum were over represented Therophytes 34, 19 % and Hemicryptophytes 32, 26 % of the total number of species. Twenty-four chorological groups are distinguished, where the Euri- Mediterranean elements (about 49 %) predominated. Of all plant species recorded, a considerable part belonged to medicinal plants, which covered about 19% of the total number. Among the found species seven of them belong to endangered species according to the Red Book of Albanian flora. Similar to the situation elsewhere, the biodiversity of south west part of Vlora bay is different today than in the past. Throughout the evolutionary history of the ecosystem, changes caused by natural factors took place. During the last half century, human activities contributed significantly to these changes.
Keywords: flora and vegetation, life forms, medicinal plants, chorology, endangered species .
