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A STUDY ON THE FLORA OF SÜLÜKLÜGÖL
Salih Sercan KANO�LU 1 , Necmi AKSOY 2
1 Herbarium, Nezahat Gökyi�it Botanik Bahçesi, Ata�ehir 34758, �stanbul salihkanoglu@gmail.com
2 Düzce Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisli�i Bölümü, Düzce necmikasoy@duzce.edu.tr
This study covers the flora of Sülüklügöl area and has been carried out during 2009.
Sülüklügöl is situated on Mudurnu River Valley (Mudurnu and Göynük-Akyaz�) in the
Western Black Sea region of Anatolia. The Sülüklügöl lies in a north-west to south-east
direction and is somewhat quadrangular shape in between 200 and 1650 m elevation above
the sea level. It is located in the south of the Abant Mountain range and its average altitude is
approximately 1200 m. The lake is surrounded by mountains as high as 1650 m. The research
area is about 6200 ha
The research area is in the A3 grid square by considering categorization of P.H.Davis. The
study area is under the influences of Euro-Siberian and Mediterranean phytogeographic
regions. Also, southern boundary of Sülüklügöl is range of the Irano-Turanain flora region,
because of it has been to the transition area of steppe in western Black Sea Region of
Anatolia. Thus, Sülüklügöl Region is the meeting place of three phytogeographical regions:
Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian.
Landslides which have occurred on the river bed, formed Sülüklügöl and this area was
declared as a nature conservation area in 1968. Biological diversity of the area was conserved
as a result of not allowing any construction around the area. With these objectives, we expect
to contribute to the Flora of Bolu and Adapazar� planned to be written in the future, and to
determine the endemic species, new records for the A3 grid square and IUCN categories of
the taxa.
At the end of this preliminary study 60 families, 121 genera and 207 taxa are identified. The
collected specimens are housed in the DUOF and NGBB Herbarium (Nezahat Gökyi�it
Botanik Bahçesi).
Keywords: Sülüklügöl, Flora, Mediterranean, Euro-Siberian, Conservation
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