Flora of Menalon Trail

Flora of Menalon Trail

Identify plants species

Menalon Trail topoguide
Menalon Trail topoguide
Colchicum graecum

The flora of a particular area reflects the geographical, geological, ecological and cultural characteristics that were formed in timescales of centuries, millenia and even geological periods.

Menalon Trail topoguide
Menalon Trail topoguide
Lilium chalcedonicum

Mt Menalon, probably due to the vicinity of many other mountains of the Peloponnese, does not claim a local endemic species, nevertheless hosts 10 endemics of the Peloponnese and 61 endemics of Greece.

Menalon Trail topoguide
Menalon Trail topoguide
Tulipa orphanidea

Futhermore, 12 of these enedmics have been characterized as Threatened due to the pressures and threats they face, while 15 endemics are considered Protected, i.e. they are included in the relative legislation.

Menalon Trail topoguide
Menalon Trail topoguide
Fritillaria graeca

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Menalon Trail topoguide

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Photos and descriptions of flora species of Mt. Menalon area is included in the digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide.

The digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide is available for Android devices as an in-app purchase within the application topoguide Greece. Menalon Trail is a member of the Long Trails group.

The digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide is also available for iOS (iPhone and iPad) devices as an in-app purchase within the application Topoguide Greece. There also, Menalon Trail is a member of the Long Trails group.

Menalon Trail topoguide offers active guidance along the trail, as well as an extented guidebook on the geography, the nature and the history of the area.