FLORISTI˝ KE ZNA˝ AJKE PREGONSKIH PAŠNJAKA U PUNTERI (ISTRA) FLORISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTATIONAL GRAZING PASTURES NEAR PUNTERA (ISTRIA, CROATIA)

Autochthonous vascular pasture flora was researched at the locality of a family owned farm breeding sheep, situated near Puntera in Istria, Croatia. During the research in 2004 and 2005, a total of 100 plant taxa (91 species and 9 subspecies) were found. The taxa belonged to 80 genera and 24 families. The most dominant families were: Gramineae (19%), Compositae (16%) and Leguminosae (16%). According to the analysis of life forms, the most numerous were Hemicryptophyta (52%) and Therophyta (36%).