Rhodope National Park

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The vegetation in the West Rhodope Mountain is preliminarily central European, and in the East part – Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean. Forests in the mountain occupy an area of about 800,000 hectares, which is about 28% of the forests in the country. In the higher places they are preliminarily coniferous – fir tree (Abies), spruce (Picea), black pine (Pinus nigra), white pine (Pinus sylvestris), and in the lower places they are broadleaved – shaggy oak (Quercus pubescensWilld.), flowering-ash (Fraxinus ornus), juniper (J. oxycedrus L.), eastern oak (Fagus orientalis). Over 2,000 species of higher plants have been registered in the mountain. There are a lot of protected species, many herbs, and field flowers. One of the most interesting vegetation species is the Rhodope haberlea (Haberlea rhodopensis), which only grows here. A legend says that it appeared from the blood of Orpheus. Haberlea has the unique ability to return to life after it had been dried.

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