Flora of Santorini
Flora of Santorini
Identify plants species
The flora of Santorini island group has been studied by many researchers for nearly 200 years. Therefore not only the plant checklist is relatively well known, but there is also a picture of the evolution. According to researchers, the group of islands is regarded as floristically not saturated, and therefore an increase in the number of species in consequence of an ongoing migration process is assumed. More than 550 plant species have been reported from Santorini island.
The two volcanic islands that emerged from the sea during the historical years, Palea (Old) and Nea (New) Kameni, offer the opportunity to both scientists and inquisitive visitors to observe the process of the plant colonization on the islands, as this process is still in full progress. These two islets, therefore, like all the volcanic islands, are actually active nature and evolution laboratories.
In Palea Kameni, being an islet for several centuries, a complex floral structure with several levels of vegetation succession has been formed, with shrub plant communities being at the top of this "pyramid". This observation suggests that a long period (several hundred years) of vegetation evolution took place undisturbed by volcanic eruptions.
topoguide Greece
The flora of Santorini
The digital field guide Santorini topoguide is available for Android devices as an in-app purchase within the application topoguide Greece. Santorini is a member of the Greek Islands group.
Santorini topoguide is also available as an in-app-purchase for iOS & iPad devices via the global hiking app Topoguide Greece app. There again, Santorini topoguide is a member of the Greek Islands group.
topoguide Greece offers active guidance along 27 hiking routes in Santorini and Thirassia islands, as well as an extended guidebook on the geography, the nature and the history of the area.
