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The island of Molat, situated in the zadar region of northern Dalmatia, is one of many islands belonging zadar archipelago, one of the most numerous group of islands on the Adriatic. However, with its area of 22.8 km2 it is one of smaller islands in the Adriatic. According to its geographical position, the island of Molat biogeographically belongs to the eumediterranean vegetation zone in the Mediterranean region. Vegetation dominating the island is the holm-oak woodland with common myrtle (Myrto-Quercetum ilicis (Horvatić 1958). On the researched area, however, successional processes, due to depopulation and land abandonment, have been noticed. Accordingly, many different habitat types are present. Flora of the island was not known until the first systematic research, done by Domac 60 years ago, during which a total of 289 plant taxa were recorded. In addition, Rac and Lovrić recorded 24 new taxa, including seagrasses, 10 years ago. Field work for this research was carried out between years 2007 and 2010, during the vegetation season. A total of 303 plant taxa were recorded with 168 new for the island. Twelve of the newly recorded species are classified in some level of endangerment. This research resulted with a complete of 481 plant taxa recorded on the island. |
