The present study involves the flora of Balikdami Wetland and its surroundings in Sivrihisar, Eskiflehir, Turkey. This 2-year study (2002-2003) examined the plant samples collected in this region and determined that there are 51 families, as well as 250 taxa belonging to 173 genera (247 species, 1 subspecies, and 2 varieties). All of these taxa belong to the Angiosperms (201 Dicotyledons, 49 Monocotyledons) subdivision. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 227-241 © TÜB‹TAK Research Article The Flora of Bal›kdam› Wetland and Its Surroundings (Sivrihisar, Eskiflehir - Turkey) Onur KOYUNCU, Ebru ATAfiLAR, Süleyman TOKUR, Meltem ERD‹R ERTEN, Murat ARDIÇ Eskiflehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Sciences and Literature, Department of Biology, 26480 Eskiflehir - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: The present study involves the flora of Bal›kdam› Wetland and its surroundings in Sivrihisar, Eskiflehir, Turkey. This 2year study (2002-2003) examined the plant samples collected in this region and determined that there are 51 families, as well as 250 taxa belonging to 173 genera (247 species, 1 subspecies, and 2 varieties). All of these taxa belong to the Angiosperms (201 Dicotyledons, 49 Monocotyledons) subdivision. The largest families are Brassicaceae (31), Poaceae (29), and Fabaceae (25) in terms of the number of species and subspecies included. Genera represented by the highest number of species are Alyssum L. (5), Centaurea L. (5), and Consolida L. (4). The phytogeographical distribution is as follows: 47 Irano-Turanian (), 27 EuroSiberian (), 23 Mediterranean (), and 153 unknown or other-regional elements (). The number of endemic taxa within the study area is 29 (). Fifty-one taxa are new records for the B3 square. Key Words: Flora, Bal›kdam› Wetland, Eskiflehir, Turkey Bal›kdam› Sulak Alan› ve Çevresinin Floras› (Sivrihisar, Eskiflehir - Türkiye) Özet: Bu çal›flma, Eskiflehir ili Sivrihisar ilçesinde yer alan Bal›kdam› Sulak Alan› ve Çevresi floras›n› içermektedir. Çal›flma alan›ndan 2002-2003 y›llar›nda 2 y›l süresince toplanan bitki örneklerinin de¤erlendirilmesi sonucu 51 familya ve 173 cinse ait 250 takson (247 tür, 1 alttür, 2 varyete) bulunmufltur. Bu taksonlar›n tamam› kapal› tohumlular alt bölümüne ait olup, 201’i çift çenekli, 49’u tek çeneklidir. ‹çerdikleri tür ve tür alt› takson say›s› bak›m›ndan en büyük familyalar Brassicaceae (31), Poaceae
