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It is a large mountainous area with extensive beech and chestnut forests and pastures at higher altitude. In the rocky parts of the mountain there are cliffs with rare endemic plants or plants with restricted distribution in the Balkan peninsula. Concerning the fauna the quality of the site is indicated by the occurence of the invertebrate Agrodiaetus nephohiptamenos which is refered to Heath J. 1981. Threatened Rhopalocera (butterflies) of Europe. Council of Europe and the invertebrate Helix philibinensis which is the southern edge of extension.Concerning the wild growning plants the quality of the site is indicated by the occurrence of other important taxa. Among them, 12 taxa are greek endemics (between them 3 are local endemics), two taxa are protected by the EC Environment Legislation (1992), 12 taxa (Aethionema saxatile ssp. oreophilum, Anthemis cretica ssp. columnae, Festuca koritnicensis, Fritillaria drenovskii, Galium asparagifolium, Inula ensifolia, Omphalodes luciliae ssp. scropulorum, Onosma heterophyllum, Rosa arvensis, Sempervivum marmoreum, Viola delphinantha, Viola perinensis) are included in the WCMC and/or European Red Data list, 26 taxa (Aquilegia vulgaris, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Atropa bella - donna, Campanula orphanidea, Cephalanthera damasonium, Coeloglossum viride, Convallaria majalis, Dactylorhiza sambucina, Dianthus gracilis ssp. drenowskianus, Dianthus gracilis ssp. gracilis, Dianthus petraeus ssp. orbelicus, Dianthus viscidus, Digitalis viridiflora, Galium demissum, Gentiana asclepiadea, Gentiana cruciata, Gentiana verna ssp. balcanica, Haberlea rhodopensis, Jovibarba heuffelii, Lactuca intricata, Lilium martagon, Neottia nidus-avis, Orchis ustulata, Paronychia rechingeri, Saxifraga ferdinandi-coburgi, Viola tricolor ssp. macedonica) are protected by the Greek Presidental Decree (67/1981), 10 taxa (Satureja pilosa, Chondrilla urumoffii, Herniaria nigrimontium, Hieracium pilosius, Orobanche pancicii, Saxifraga juniperifolia ssp. sancta, Stachys recta ssp. recta, Taraxacum aznavourii, Valeriana0 officinalis ssp. collina, Valeriana tripteris) are rare in Greece and/or reach their extreme distribution limits in Northern Greece, 35 taxa (Abies borisii-regis, Achillea ageratifolia ssp. ageratifolia, Achillea chrysocoma, Achillea holosericea, Anthyllis aurea, Arabis bryoides, Asperula aristata ssp nestia, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, Carum rigidulum ssp. palmatum, Carum strictum, Centaurea napulifera ssp. napulifera, Cephalaria flava ssp. flava, Cerastium decalvans, Crocus veluchensis, Dianthus cruentus, Erysimum drenowskii, Festucopsis sancta, Galium aegaeum, Galium breviramosum, Gentianella bulgarica, Hieracium cymosum ssp. heldeichianum, Hypericum rumeliacum ssp. rumeliacum, Laserpitium siler ssp. laeve, Onobrychis alba ssp. calcarea, Onobrychis montana ssp. scardica, Pedicularis brachyodonta ssp. moesiaca, Saxifraga chrysospleniifolia, Scrophularia aestivalis, Scrophularia laciniata, Sesleria rigida ssp. achtarovii, Sideritis scardica, Silene balcanica, Silene radicosa ssp. radicosa, Silene waldsteinii, Viola grisebachiana) are Balkan endemics and 4 taxa (Centaurea affinis ssp. affinis, Saxifraga sempervivum, Thymus leucotrichus, Thymus thracicus) find their main distribution area in the Balkan Peninsula extending also to Turkey. |