Contributions to the fern flora of the Kackar Mountains National Park (Rize)

In this study the fern flora of Kaçkar Mountains National Park is performed which is important in terms of its position and floristic richness. Among the 149 ferns collected in different periods from the region between 2017-2018, 28 taxa were determined by studies with different flora books and herbarium samples. In terms of the number of taxa in the research area the distribution of the richest families are as below: Dryopteridacea (9), Aspleniaceae (5), Athyriaceae (3), Equisetaceae (2), Lycopodiaceae (2), Thelypteridacea (2), Polypodiaceae (1), Ophioglossaceae (1), Pteridaceae (1), Cystopteridaceae (1), Dennstaedtiaceae (1). The genera which are distributed in terms of taxon content are as follows: Dryopteris (7), Asplenium (5), Athyrium (2), Equisetum (2), Polystichum (2), Polypodium (1), Cryptogramma (1), Phegopteris (1), Oreopteris (1), Lycopodium (1).