Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
Group IV
The fourth group of medicinal plants comprises 77 species, all found in very small
quantities and at isolated places around the Park, sometimes represented by separate
clumps or even single specimens of no resource significance. If these are
commercially harvested for drug extraction that would quickly and irreparably upset
their existing populations.
Medicinal plants of commercially significant resource potential
The following medicinal plants and forest fruits in RMNP are of significant resource
potential:
1. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), spread at altitudes between 1,000 and 2,200-
2,300m asl;
2. Alpine dock (Rumex alpinus) spread at altitudes of 1,400 to 2,200-2,300 m;
3. Common nettle (Urtica dioica), ubiquitous throughout the Park;
4. Several species of thyme (Thymus sp.), ubiquitous throughout the Park.
The available data regarding the intensity of use of non-timber resources do not point
to overuse or to any high-risk impact on their populations. A comparative analysis of
the findings of the sociological survey and the estimated resources of each of the
medicinal plants available shows that only the intensity of raspberry and hip
extraction may pose a threat to the respective resources.
3.3.4 Macrofungi
The macrofungi (mushrooms) are a specific, intermediate biotic group providing a
natural link between the plant and animal kingdoms.
The range and diversity of mushroom taxa
The total number of mushroom species represented in the territory of RMNP is 306;
of these, 43 are cited in literary sources, while for another ten there are no written
records, yet specimens of them are preserved in the mycological collection of the
Institute of Botany under the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. (Fig. 13).
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Fig. 13: Proportional distribution of species of macrofungi in Bulgaria, Central
Balkan and Rila National Parks, and in Rila Monastery Nature Park
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