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Mljet Island - Flora and fauna

Dalmatia - Dubrovnik

Because of its unique original beauty, the island of Mljet, meets all the criteria is rightfully holds the title of National Park. Mljet is the largest Croatian Dalmatian island, located in the vicinity of Dubrovnik, Korcula and Peljesac peninsula.

Due to very mild Mediterranean climate and soil composition on the island of Mljet is developed lush vegetation that occurs in two basic forms: Aleppo pine and evergreen holm oak leaf oak forest and anthropogenically degraded vegetation forms which include underbrush, bushes and rocky. Apart from the Aleppo pine, Mljet is also known for its forests of holm oak-holm. The area between Saplunara Vratničke grows wild and cultivated pine or pine groves. This is the southeastern part of the island is under special protection as a natural reserve areas. Specific ecological environment is the main characteristic of isolation and small size of the insular environment, and forest cover and poor napučenovostnost, enable the development of many animal species. The island has marten, wild cat, fallow deer, wild boar, hare, mouflon, wild domestic goat, mouse, dormouse, hedgehog, frog, turtle, small grasshoppers, numerous birds: blackbird, Cucki, partridge, pheasant, warbler, sparrow, wild pigeon, seagull, hawk, and others, and snakes and legless neotrovnice-Copperhead. The richness of the island's flora and allows the development of hunting, especially hunting wild svinje.O insular fauna concerned Department of National Park Mljet and Hunting Club "Deer".

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