STUDY OF VASCULAR PLANTS OF BAMU NATIONAL PARK (FARS PROVINCE)

Abstract

In this research, vascular plants of Bamu National Park (48000 ha.) situated in Fars province were studied. Analyses of all collected plants (450 species) showed that on account of climatic conditions, 94% of them were flowering in spring, also hemicryptophytes and therophytes possess abundant growth form with 39.6% and 23.5%, respectively. Phytogeographically, Irano-Turanian elements comprises 69% of species. Eighty eight species of the park are endemic in Iran. Finally, analyses of formations showed that cushion forms are abundant.