page_title: İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park
section_title: Flora
hierarchical_section_title: İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park / Ecosystem / Flora
caption_attribution_description: English: A view in the İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park in İğneada, Kırklareli Province, Turkey
context_page_description: The İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park, established on November 13, 2007, is a national park located within Kırklareli Province in Marmara Region of Turkey.
  The national park covers an area of 3,155 ha and is located at İğneada town on the Turkish-Bulgarian border at 25 km far from Demirköy district of Kırklareli Province.
  Streams running down from the Strandzha mountain range towards Black Sea formed alluvium on the shore, where floodplain occurred due to seasonal floodings.
  The protected area is administered by the Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks of the Ministry of Environment and Forest.
  The national park is a rare ecosystem, which consists of marsh, swamp, lakes and coastal sand dunes. The Strandzha mountain range is situated in the south and west. There are five lakes with aquatic plant. Lake Erikli covering 43 ha is a lagoon, which gets separated from the sea in the summer months as a result of drought. Lake Mert of 266 ha area is formed by Çavuşdere creek at its mouth. Lake Saka is a small lake of 5 ha situated in the south of the national park between the floodplain and the dunes.
context_section_description: The 10 km (6.2 mi) long dunes with the plant species, unique to the southwestern Black Sea region, are of great importance. The flora of dunes in the belt between the lakes, marsh and the sea are under protection by international agreement. The national park is also habitat for swamp and non-evergreen mixed wood. Vine species are the most distinct plants of the forest. Sprecies of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), oak (Quercus), alder ((Alnus), beech (Fagaceae) and maple (Aceraceae) are trees found in the national park forest.
caption: Sandy lakeshore, typha and wood in the background in the national park.
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