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The Dolomites have an extremely rich flora with, currently, 2252 species of various origins, reaching from the plain to the high mountain peaks including northern, steppe, Asian, Atlantic, Mediterranean and altimontane elements. The frequency of the different geographical components of the study area is analyzed and discussed in this chapter.
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Pignatti, E., Pignatti, S. (2017). The Flora of the Dolomites. In: Plant Life of the Dolomites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53051-1_3
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