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Koeleria splendens

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Common name

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Scientific name

Koeleria splendens C. Presl

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Koeleria splendens is a perennial plant. Stems 20-90 cm high. Flowering May - July^1.

Habitat

It grows on rocky calcareous terrains and meadows on calcareous terrain in the lowlands, foothills and mountainous regions of the country, and in the southwestern Belasitsa, Southern Pirin, etc., and on silicate terrain, where it climbs up to 2200 m altitude².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In floristic region: North-Eastern Bulgaria, Stara Planina, Znepole Region, The Southern Pirin, The Belasitsa, The Slavianka, Western and Middle Rhodopes³.

General distribution

Map of the general distribution of Koeleria splendens⁴:

References

1 Йорданов, Д. 1963. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том I, изтаделство на БАН.

2 Йорданов, Д. 1963. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том I, изтаделство на БАН.

3 Делипавлов, Д., И. Чешмеджиев, М. Попова, Д. Терзийски, И. Ковачев. 2003. Определител на растенията в България. Аграрен университет. Пловдив.

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