Investigation flora and life form of plants in protected region sarigol (north khorasan province, Iran)

Abstract

Apart Flora, life form and chorotype of plants in protected region Sarigol was investigated in this study. It's located at the 57° 47' to 57° 76' Eastern latitude and 37° 55' to 37° 80' Northern longitude. Apart plant of this area was collected in this region by classical method of regional floristic studies. The results of field investigation were identification of 78 plant species belong to 66 genera and 25 families. Lamiaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae and Asteracae were the most dominant families analysis of life form has shown proportion hemicryptophytes 39.74, followed by therophytes 21.79%, chamaephytes 19.23%, cryptophytes 11.53% and phanerophytes 7.69%. phytogeographical data has indicated that the most plants belong to the Irano-Turanian floral elements 75.64%. © 2011 Asian Network for Scientific information.