Floristic monitoring in Samaria National Park

The Protected Area's flora is characterised not only by the wide range of plant species, but also by the presence of many endemic species and sub-species, 97 of them endemic to Crete and 15 steno-endemic to smaller areas. There are no precise numbers for the plant species found in the Samaria National Park, but there is an ongoing extended floristic monitoring program covering 15 out of the 19 identified habitats of the Protected Area, which includes all the steno-endemic and protected species found in the Area.