The Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve () is located in the Tusheti Mountainous region in northeastern
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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.
Its center is located in the
Akhmeta Municipality
Akhmeta ( ka, ახმეტის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Axmeṫis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is the administrative – territorial unit in Eastern Georgia, in the region of Kakheti. The administrative center of Akhmeta munic ...
.
The ''Tusheti Protected Areas'' includes the Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve,
Tusheti National Park
The Tusheti National Park ( ka, თუშეთის ეროვნული პარკი) in eastern Georgia is one of the eight new protected areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003. , and the
Tusheti Protected Landscape, with a total protected area of about 113,660.2 ha.
It is one of the eight new Protected Areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003.
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'' (), also known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. These herbaceous perennial plants are chiefl ...
(
Aconitum tuscheticum),
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/ref> Iberian barberry ( Berberis iberica), bellflower (Campanula
''Campanula'' () is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family (biology), family of flowering plants. ''Campanula'' are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—''campanula'' i ...
), bear nut-tree ( Corylus iberica), lily (Pancratium
Pankration (; ) was an unarmed combat sport introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC. The athletes used boxing and wrestling techniques but also others, such as kicking, holds, joint locks, and chokes on the ground, making it s ...
), Tushetian Dog-rose ( Rosa tuschetica), Tebulo's buttercup ( Ranunculus tebulossicus) 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
''Rhododendron caucasicum'', the Caucasian rhododendron or the Georgian snow rose, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Rhododendron'' native to the Transcaucasus and Anatolia. Its hybrid cultivar 'Christmas Cheer' has gained the Royal ...
), squill
Squill is a common name for several lily-like plants and may refer to:
*''Drimia maritima'', medicinal plant native to the Mediterranean, formerly classified as ''Scilla maritima''
*''Scilla'', a genus of plants cultivated for their ornamental fl ...
(Scilla
''Scilla'' () is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to woodlands, subalpine ...
Scilla
'Georgian Biodiversity Database'' Ilia State University
Ilia State University ISU ( ka, ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) is a public university in Tbilisi, Georgia that was founded in 2006 as a result of a merger of six different academic institution ...
) to name just a few.
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.
See also
*
List of protected areas of Georgia Protected areas of Georgia may refer to:
* Protected areas of Georgia (country)
* Protected areas of Georgia (U.S. state)
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Tusheti National Park
The Tusheti National Park ( ka, თუშეთის ეროვნული პარკი) in eastern Georgia is one of the eight new protected areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003.
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Tusheti Protected Landscape
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List of mammals of Georgia (country)
There are 80 mammal species in Georgia, of which one is critically endangered, two are endangered, ten are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. All mammals in Georgia are in subclass Theria and infraclass Eutheria, being placental mammals.
Th ...
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List of birds of Georgia (country)
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the country of Georgia in the Caucasus. The avifauna of Georgia includes 412 species, according to the latest update.
The taxonomic treatment of this list (designation and sequence of orders, famili ...
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Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian temperate forest
References
National parks of Georgia (country)
Protected areas established in 2003
Geography of Kakheti
Tourist attractions in Kakheti
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