Floristic study and introduce medicinal plants of Babaaman region, North Khorasan

Flora identification of every region playes essential role in conserving of genetic resources of the each country. Recognition of flora in each region is important and useful for other scientific researches. The aim of this study was investigated floristic composition, introducing the medicinal plant, determination of life forms, and plant geographical distrubition of Babaaman. This area is located in Bojnord, North Khorasan. The amount of annual precipitation is 252.7 mm. Plant species were collected in according to the beginning of growth season. Then these species were identified by using of Indispensible Floras. Atotal of 117 plant species belonging to 101 genera and 33 families are recorded in Babaaman, that shows plant diversity in this area. The richest plant families are Asteraceae (20 species), Poaceae (17 species), and Lamiaceae (14 species). The genera Centaurea L, Cousinia Cass.and Conolvulus L. each genus with 3 species are the richest ones. According to Raunkiar’s life form categories, they are including hemicryptophytes (38%), therophytes (32%), chamaephytes (16%), cryptophytes (8%) and phanerophytes (6%). From the view point of chorotype of this area include: Irano- Tourannian zone (65%), two regional (18%), three regional (9%) and several regional (8%). The most percent belongs to Irano- Tourannian zone. 28 plant species.