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The flora of Albania consists of more than 3,200 vascular [32] and 2,350 non-vascular plants and a lesser known number of fungi. [18] The chief elements of the country's flora are 24% mediterranean, 22% balkanic, 18% european and 14% eurasian. [33] [34]
The Kosovan forest flora is represented by 139 orders classified in 63 families, 35 genera and 20 species. [2] It has a significance for the Balkans as whole – although Kosovo represents only 2.3% of the region's area, in terms of vegetation it represents 25% of flora and about 18% of total European flora. [5]
Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar Bjeshkët e Nemuna) is a national park in the districts of Gjakovë and Pejë in western Kosovo.It encompasses 63,028 hectares (630.28 km 2) of mountainous terrain, with numerous lakes, dense deciduous and coniferous forests and alpine landscapes.
Karavasta Lagoon (Albanian: Laguna e Karavastasë) is the largest lagoon in Albania and one of the largest adjoining the Mediterranean Sea, spanning an area of 42 km 2 (16 sq mi).
The Kunë-Vain-Talë-Patok-Fushëkuqe-Ishëm Nature Reserve (Albanian: Rezervati Kunë-Vain-Tale) is a nature park located within the Lezhë County forming the Drin river delta and facing the Adriatic Sea in northern Albania.
All of the forests of Kosovo have a wide-ranging flora and fauna that is of a major importance to the entire region of Balkans. The Kosovar flora represents about 25% of the Balkans flora and 18% of the European one, [ 6 ] while the most essential regions with assorted biodiversity are the Sharr Mountains and the Accursed Mountains . [ 7 ]
President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito visiting Brezovica in 1975.. In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having the cities of Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša).
The vertebrate fauna of the landscape consists of 209 species and is represented by 44 species of mammals, 130 species of birds, 23 species of reptile and as well as 12 species of amphibia. [5] The brown bear, grey wolf and lynx inhabit the forested regions.