Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.33128/ag.81.3.1

MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS OF ROCKY PASTURES ON THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC ISLANDS

Ivica Ljubičić orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-6016 ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Mihaela Britvec orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-6777 ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

In the study of the wild vascular flora growing in rocky pastures of the northern Adriatic islands of Krk, Cres and Pag, 59 medicinal and aromatic plants were found. According to their use, most species - 43 - out of 59 found, can be used for medicinal purposes, 4 species belong to aromatic plants, while 12 species belong to both medicinal and aromatic plants. The analysis of ecological indicator values found that the studied medicinal and aromatic plants were mostly adapted to the conditions of moderately hot and dry habitats exposed to the sun. Given the indicative values for the soil reaction (pH), the studied species have very different values, that is, species that can grow in acidic soil and those that can grow in alkaline soil are equally represented. Among the studied medicinal and aromatic plants, the most common species are those that are adapted to soils that are poor in nutrients.

Keywords

medicinal plants; aromatic plants; rocky pastures; Krk; Cres; Pag

Hrčak ID:

232617

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/232617

Publication date:

15.1.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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