Plant list for Elounda and Agios Nikoloas

front cover of book - pic is Cistus salviifolius

This booklet lists plant species recorded from the Elounda and Agios Nikolaos region of Crete, between 1987-2006, plus recent literature records.

The region of Crete covered by the plant list is the east-facing, 5km-deep, coastal strip, behind Agios Nikolaos, Elounda and Plaka, which coincides with three recording squares in Flora of the Cretan Area. Starting in the northeast and moving clockwise, the boundary for the plant list is roughly as follows: from Akrotiri Agios Ioannis along the coastline to just south of Ammoudara, then inland to just northeast of Kroustas, then north through Flamouriana and Fourni to Akrotiri Drepani on the north coast, and from there westward along the coastline to the starting point.

Plants of particular interest in the area include Aristolochia parvifolia amongst rocks on the southern end of Greater Spinalonga island, and Beta vulgaris subsp. adanensis and Salicornia europaea around the causeway saltmarshes. On the cliffs near the hamlet of Havgas, above Plaka, grows Dianthus fruticosus. In isolated upland areas of former arable cultivation grow archaeophytes such as Leontice leontopetalum, Ornithogalum divergens and O. nutans. The northeastern headland of Agios Ioannis has, in addition to good orchid displays, quantities of yellow or red Adonis cretica, white or yellow Ranunculus asiaticus and the rare Ajuga iva. Freshwater habitats are rare, but Lemna minor occurs in deep artificial water storage tanks in older villages, while muddy reservoir ponds near upland villages have the equally rare (on Crete) Ranunculus aquatilis.

Book first published 1999, updated 1999-2009.

The 18-page plant checklist is a text-only A5 booklet with a card cover, listing species and subspecies recorded for the area. It is arranged alphabetically by and within families, with current taxonomy, scientific synonymy, English names where known, and endemic species marked as such. The booklet is supplied in a tough A5 plastic sleeve.

ISBN 978-1-900802-71-0

Please note we also have a plant list for the entire island of Crete

See our 1997-2008 supplement of additional species recorded for Crete and Karpathos, plus taxonomic changes. Well worth a look if you have an interest in the flora of Crete.

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