title: Investigation flora and life form of plants in protected region Sarigol (North Khorasan Province, Iran).
abstract: Apart Flora, life form and chorotype of plants in protected region Sarigol was investigated in this study. It's located at the 57 degrees 47' to 57 degrees 76' Eastern latitude and 37 degrees 55' to 37 degrees 80' Northern longitude. A part plant of this area was collected in this region by classical method of regional floristic studies. The results of field investigation were identification of 78 plant species belong to 66 genera and 25 families. Lamiaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae and Asteraceae were the most dominant families analysis of life form has shown proportion hemicryptophytes 39.74, followed by therophytes 21.79%, chamaephytes 19.23%, cryptophytes 11.53% and phanerophytes 7.69%. phytogeographical data has indicated that the most plants belong to the Irano-Turanian floral elements 75.64%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Bojnourd, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadaf
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mortazavi
mesh_terms: D019659:Asteraceae / Q000502:physiology; D044822:Biodiversity; D019607:Brassicaceae / Q000502:physiology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000502:physiology; D005843:Geography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification; D006109:Poaceae / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity