A Suggested Protection Plan for Important Plants, Areas and Habitats of Köprülü Canyon National Park (Antalya)

In this study, the pressures on the endemic, rare, target species and communities, important habitats, vegetations, and vegetation of the Köprülü Canyon National Park were determined. As a result, with this study, the number of main stands: 15, A1 (number of species in dangerous areas at global scale): 5, A2 (number of endangered species in European scale): 39. Total number of taxa of dangerous species: 48, number of endemic vascular taxa in danger: 44, the total number of endemic taxa: 230, number of endemic taxa for the region: 12. The number of total vascular taxa: 950, genus: 390; family: 94, was determined. The site-specific taxa are; Gaudiniopsis macra subsp. micropyroides, Hellenocordum psidicum, Nigella arvensis var. oblanceolata, Rosa dumalis subsp. boissieri var. antalyensis, Scrophularia libanotica subsp. libanotica var. antalyensis, Silene deliculata subsp. pisidica, Stachys antalyensis, Stachys chasmosericea, Tanacetum argenteum subsp. canum var. pumilum. Rare plants are: Echinops onopordum, Amphoricarpos paredictus, Bupleurum davisii, Campanula antalyensis, Cerastium pisidicum, Hypericum ternatum, Omphalodes riplyana, Rhamnus nitidus, Crocus asumaniae? and Iris pamphylica. In this context, a conservation management plan has been prepared for the national park management according to the social status of the local people and all the findings to protect the biodiversity in the area. The area is estimated to be one of the pilot areas affected by global warming