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Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve
Georgian nature reserve From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve (თუშეთის სახელმწიფო ნაკრძალი) is located in the Tusheti Mountainous region in northeastern Georgia.[1] Its center is located in the Akhmeta Municipality.
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The Tusheti Protected Areas includes the Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve, Tusheti National Park, and the Tusheti Protected Landscape, with a total protected area of about 113,660.2 ha.[2] It is one of the eight new Protected Areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003.
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Flora
Flora of Tusheti region is highly endemic to Caucasus represented by 230 endemic plants which is more than 20% of total amount of endemics found in entire Caucasus region.
This includes Tushetian Monkshood (Aconitum tuscheticum),[3] Iberian barberry (Berberis iberica), bellflower (Campanula), bear nut-tree (Corylus iberica), lily (Pancratium), Tushetian Dog-rose (Rosa tuschetica), Tebulo's buttercup (Ranunculus tebulossicus)[4] Black or Radde's birch (Betula raddeana), Caucasian fritillaries (Fritillaria caucasica), yellow Caucasian fritillaries (Fritillaria lutea), Juliana Primrose (Primula juliae), Georgian Snow Rose (Rhododendron caucasicum), squill (Scilla[5]) to name just a few.[2]
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Fauna
Fauna is represented by 60 species of mammals, about 120 species of birds, 4 species of reptiles, 6 species of amphibians and 1 species of fish.[2]
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