Preliminary study of the flora of the Ghosheh Cheshmeh forest area (Galikesh County, Golestan Province)

Eeli, Maliheh; Panahy Mirzahasanlou, Jamileh Mirzahasanlou2; Beygmohammadi, Maya

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Volume 13, Issue 26 (9-2025)

PEC 2025, 13(26): 70-87

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Preliminary study of the flora of the Ghosheh Cheshmeh forest area (Galikesh County, Golestan Province)

Maliheh Eeli¹

, Jamileh Mirzahasanlou2 Panahy Mirzahasanlou ^*

, Maya Beygmohammadi³

1- Gonbad a kavous Basirat bolivar
Department of Biology, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran. & Department of Biology, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran., Department of Biology, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran. , jamileh_panahy@yahoo.com
3- Gonbad Kavous Basirat bolivar

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Due to the significant role of plants in environmental studies, plant identification in various regions holds particular importance. The present study is the first to investigate the flora of the Ghoshe Cheshme forest area in Galikesh City, Golestan Province. Sampling was conducted during the growing seasons of 2023 and 2024. A total of 157 species belonging to 134 genera and 55 families were identified. Of these, the majority (137 species from 116 genera) were dicotyledons, while no gymnosperm species were recorded. The most species-rich families were Asteraceae (20 species), Fabaceae (15 species), Rosaceae (11 species), and Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, and Poaceae (each with 8 species). The genera Lathyrus and Vicia were the most diverse, each represented by 3 species, while the remaining 132 genera included only one or two species each. The high ratio of families and genera to species indicates considerable floristic diversity in the region. Based on life forms, hemicryptophytes (39%) and therophytes (28%) were the dominant types in terms of species richness. However, phanerophytes constituted the dominant vegetation structure in the area. In terms of phytogeographic distribution, 43.62% of the species were classified as Irano-Touranian and Euro-Siberian elements, 20.8% as exclusively Euro-Siberian, 14.76% as pluriregional, and 14.09% as Irano-Touranian. Given the location of the study area in eastern Golestan Province, near Khorasan Province, the vegetation is primarily influenced by Irano-Turanian and Euro-Siberian floristic elements. Moreover, due to the proximity of the region’s forests to the Hyrcanian forests, Euro-Siberian elements are also well represented.

Article number: 6

Keywords: Conservation value, Geographic distributiona, Hyrcanian forest, Life form

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2024/08/20 | Accepted: 2025/01/8 | Published: 2025/09/15

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