University of Guilan Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences 1735-3033 23 1 2025 01 01 A checklist of vascular plants of the Sorkhabad Protected Area, Zanjan Province, NW Iran 189 223 8242 10.22124/cjes.2024.8242 EN Leila Moghanloo Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Farrokh Ghahremaninejad Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Akbar Norastehnia Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Mahmoud Bidarlord Department of Forests and Rangelands Research, Guilan Agricultural & Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rasht, Iran Journal Article 2024 12 17 This study aimed to provide the first floristic checklist from Sorkhabad Protected Area in Zanjan Province, Northwest Iran. This area is one of the large protected areas in the Irano-Anatolian global biodiversity hotspot. This study was conducted based on the extensive field surveys during the growing season from 2019 to 2021. Our results documented 523 taxa of vascular plants belonging to 290 genera and 70 families. The most prominent families are Asteraceae (44 genera, 66 species), Brassicaceae (24 genera, 36 species), Poaceae (21 genera, 38 species) and Fabaceae (17 genera, 44 species). The richest genera are Astragalus L. (19 species), Bromus L., Papaver L., Salvia L. and Silene L. (each with 7 species), Allium L., Centaurea L., and Glaucium Mill. (each with 6 species). Hemicryptophytes (218 taxa, 42%) are the most dominant life form followed by therophytes (162 taxa, 31%), and Irano-Turanian elements (296 taxa, 57%) are the most common plants. Current results provide baseline data for future studies, such as conservation, and phytogeography.

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