FLORISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DRY GRASSLANDS IN THE POZEGA VALLEY

Floristička istraživanja suhih travnjaka na području Požeške kotline obavljena su tijekom 2003. i 2004., te djelomično 2005. i 2006. godine na obroncima Psunja i Babje gore te na sjevernom dijelu Požeške kotline. Pronađeno je 177 biljnih vrsta iz 38 porodica. Najbrojnije vrstama su porodice Fabaceae (14,1%), Asteraceae (13,6%) i Poaceae (10,7%). U spektru životnih oblika dominiraju hemikriptofiti (70,0%) i terofiti (12,4%). Najviše biljnih vrsta pripada euroazijskom (35,4%) i južnoeuropskom (16,9%) flornom elementu. Analizom tla utvrđeno je da pripadaju slabo bazičnim do neutralnim tlima (pH 7,23 – 8,28).Floristic research on dry grasslands in the area of the Požega Valley was conducted during the years of 2003 and 2004, and partially during the years 2005 and 2006 on the slopes of the Psunj and Babja gora and in the northern parts of the Valley. 177 plant species, from 38 families, were found. The most numerous families are those of Fabaceae (14,1%), Asteraceae (13,6%) and Poaceae (10,7%). In the spectrum of life forms, the most dominant are hemicrytophyta (70,0%) and therophyta (12,4%). Most of the plant species are of the Euro-Asian (35,4%) and South-European (16,9%) floral element. Analysis detected that the soils are weakly alkaline to neutral (pH 7,23 – 8,24)