Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

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Fig. 12: Proportional distribution of medicinal plant species in Bulgaria, Central
Balkan and Rila National Parks, and in Rila Monastery Nature Park
The diversity of medicinal plant species encountered in Rila Monastery Nature Park
during the Rapid Ecological Assessment made in 2001, and their conservation
significance are shown in Appendix 15.
The greatest diversity of medicinal plants (up to 100 different species) has been
recorded in the Iliyna River Valley, in communities of Gray Ader (Alnus incana); in
the Kalinin Peak area above the village of Pastra, which includes both coniferous and
broad-leaf forests; along the banks of the stream of Beliya Uley (Gorge) in the highmountain
zone; and in Otchova River locality in the Rila Monastery Forest Reserve.
Fewer medicinal plant species (between 20 and 40) have been identified in the
coniferous and beech forests around Tiha Rila and Radovichka Rivers, and around
Mramorets (Mermera) and Lake Suhoto. The alpine and sub-alpine zone, notably the
area around Ribni Lakes, around Lake Suhoto, below Kalinin Peak and the locality of
Dobro Pole have the scarcest recorded concentrations of medicinal plants and herbs.
Conservation significance and status of medicinal plant species
Of the diversity of medicinal plant species identified during the Rapid Ecological
Assessment in the territory of Rila Monastery Nature Park, 21 species are of high
conservation significance. One of these is included in the IUCN list; 8 are listed in the
red Book of Bulgaria; one in Appendix 2; and three, in Appendix 4. Under special use
and protection regime as per Art. 10 of the Medicinal Plants Act are 14 species of
medicinal plants (see Appendix 15).
The largest diversity of species of conservation significance (4-5 species each) are
represented in the coniferous forest zone along the Radovichka, Tiha Rila, and Kalin
Rivers, as well as in the sub-alpine zone, in stream-side habitats at Beliya Uley,
Mermera, at Ribni Lakes and along the Otchova River. Species of conservation
significance are relatively scarcer (represented by 2-3 species in each case) in the
habitats of gray alder (Alnus incana) along the Iliyna River Valley, in the mixed
forests along Radovichka River, at Bukovo Berdo and along Tiha Rila River. In the
latter locality, in the spruce/Macedonian pine community along Tiha Rila, there is an
established population of yellow butterwort (Gentiana lutea), of excellent density,
covering a 10-ha area. In the area of Kirilova Polyana, 15 specimens of yew (Taxus
baccata) have been located, most of which are juvenile.
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Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan -Draft
2004 - 2013
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