Ruderal plants in urban areas of Karaköprü (Şanlıurfa)

The aim of this study was to determine the ruderal plant species in the urban areas of Karaköprü district center of Şanlıurfa. As a result of the study conducted in 14 neighborhoods of the district center, 95 species, 33 subspecies and 19 varieties belonging to 30 families, 121 genera and 147 taxa were identified in urban areas. These taxa were distributed to Asteraceae (25), Poaceae (19), Fabaceae (17), Brassicaceae (9), Apiaceae (6), Papaveraceae (4), Lamiaceae (4), Boraginaceae (3), Caryophyllaceae (3), Plantaginaceae (3) and other families. In terms of life form, the taxa were ranked as therophyte (103), hemicryptophyte (35), chamaephytes (4), cryptophyte-geophyte (3) and phanerophyte (2). When the taxa were analyzed according to the phytogeographic region to which they belonged, Irano-Turanian (25), Mediterranean (11), Eastern Mediterranean (6), Euro-Siberian (5) ranking emerged. The phytogeographic region of the other 100 taxa could not be evaluated. Among the plants identified in Karaköprü urban areas, it was determined that steppe plants and the plants expressed as weeds have an important place.