The serpentinophytae of the Brdjani Gorge

Abstract

The Brdjani Gorge is located along the Ibarska highway between Gornji Milanovac and Čačak. It is characterised by the serpentine earth and by a specific steppe flora with an abundance of endemic species. The habitat of these natural rarities has largely been impaired by the existing dunghill of Gornji Milanovac and by the nearness of the extremely busy highway, too.

The objective of the paper was to monitor the flora of the Brdjani Gorge as well as to find out to what extent its plants had been damaged on behalf of the existing dunghill and the highway.