Flora of the Acarlar Longoz (floodplain)

Keywords; Flora, Acarlar Longozu, Karasu, Kaynarca, Sakarya This study is Turkey's Wetlands of International Importance Grounds, Wild Life Protection Area and has been declared a Natural Protected Area 1. Degree of floristic Acarlar Longozu the properties were determined. The study area is on the A3 square according to Davis's Grid Frame System. As a result of the studies carried out in the Acarlar Longozu, there were 320 genera, 560 species and subspecies taxa belonging to 102 families. Of the taxa identified in the area, 8 belong to Pteridophyta, 552 to Spermatophyta, 4 of which belong to Gymnospermae and 548 to Angiospermae subdivision. The taxa belonging to the Angiospermae subdivision belongs to the class of Monocotylodonae while the remaining 456 taxa belong to the class Dicotilodonae. The most wealthy families in the research area were Asteraceae (11.47%) with 62 taxa, Fabaceae (8.21%) with 46 taxa, Poaceae (6.96%) with 39 taxa, Rosaceae (5,58%) with 33 taxa, and 27 taxa and Lamiaceae (4.82%). In terms of number of taxa in the research area, the richest species were Trifolium (1.96%) with 11 taxa, Euphorbia (1,96%) with 9 taxa, Quercus (1.43%) with 8 taxa, Lathyrus (1,25%) with 7 taxa, Ranunculus (1,25%) with 7 taxa, Plantago (1,25%) with 7 taxa, Silene (1%) with 7 taxa and Rubus (1%) with 7 taxa The distribution of species and subspecies in phytogeographic regions in the area is in the form of Euro-Siberia (22.68%) with 127 taxa, Mediterranean (20.18%) with 113 taxa and Iran-Turan (0.89%) with 5 taxa. The endemism rate of the area was determined to be 1.43% with 8 taxa.