Flora and ecology of important salty and sandy areas in Çanakkale (Turkey)

A field survey was made in 13 dune and halophilic areas of city of Canakkale, which was chosen between important conservation areas. At the end of the surveys, 712 plant specimens were collected and identified. After research, 51 familia, 164 species and 257 taxa were determined from 13 areas. If arranged by taxa quantity, first 3 domestics are Poacae with 43 taxa, Asteraceae with 33 taxa and Fabaceae with 29 taxa.35% of identified plant taxa (89 species) is from Mediterranean fitogeographic area, 16% is wide spreaded (40 species), 5% (13 species) is from European ? Siberian fitogeographic area and 1% of indentified plant taxa (4 species) consists of cosmopolit species. 43% of identified plant taxa in the fitogeographic area was unidentified.Soil specimens were collected from 5 halophilic area of the survey fields and soil analyze results and identified plant diversity were compared. the quantity proportion in Chenopodaceae was compared and also compared with other identified taxa in 5 halophilic areas.Key words: Flora, Ecology, psammophyta, halophyta, sandy area, salty area.