Identification and introduction of plants of Zarghan region in Fars province

Plants are basic organisms in the food chain. They have been the center of attention to man since the beginning of history. Dependence of man to the plants had persuaded him to identify useful and harmful plants. Nowadays, due to the high rates of population growth, the needs of regenerating natural resources by human have highly increased. With the study of the flora of region can be safeguarding of the gene pool, preservation of rare and endemic species. The region of Zarghan with an area of more than 808 Km2 is situated between 52.43 E. and 29.47 N. is located in the central of Fars province. The average rainfall is 512.77mm a year. In this research, the vegetation of Zarghan was investigated. Sampling was done from 26 locations. The plants were collected by survey and fieldwork method, and all the necessary information were recorded in a notebook. Afterward, all of the selected plants were pressed over the standard cardboard. By the help of key characteristics, the families of plants were recognized and by the help of other characteristics their genus and species were identified. In this study, Latin and Persian references were used. 263 species of plants were identified and classified into 49 families. The most prevalent species were belonging to Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae and Poaceae families. Some genus such as Astragalus sp., Centaurea sp., Medicago sp. And onosma sp. were the most frequently plants in the region. Dicotyledonous plants were the dominant species

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Fars province ، Plants ، Zarghan