Systematic and phytogeographic analysis of the vascular flora of Mt Zemenska, West Bulgaria

Mt Zemenska has ample plant diversity, with strong participation of southern and steppe elements. The plant list contains 1354 vascular plants, which account for one-third of the Bulgarian vascular flora. They belong to 89 families and 482 genera. Magnoliophyta are the dominant group. More than half of families and genera of the Bulgarian Magnoliopsida and Liliopsida are present in the flora of Mt Zemenska. The indicator families for the North Temperate Floras assess Mt Zemenska's flora as North Temperate. Generally, Mt Zemenska has a transitional climate between the continental and the Mediterranean climate which explains the domination of sub-Mediterranean floristic elements.