Macrophytic flora of the lakes Balikli and Kayi in Gulagac District, Aksaray, Turkey

The research was conducted through the summer period of the 2009 and 2010 in the lakes Kayı and Balıklı (Gülağaç, Aksaray). During this study, eighteen macrophyte species belonging to fourteen genera in the Lake Balıklı, sixteen macrophyte species belonging to thirteen genera in the Lake Kayı were identified.The total 20 aquatic macrophyte species found in two wetlands were classified under 3 morphological groups: free floating (2 species), submerged (5 species), and emergent (13 species). Emergent vegetation dominated by reed (Typha angustifolia L.) belt in littoral zone of two lakes. Lake waters are dominated by two hydrophytes, Ceratophyllum submersum L. and Ceratophyllum demersum L.

Author(s): Selcuk Altinsacli*, Songul Altinsacli and Ferda Percin Pacal

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