Flora | Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

In the karst landscape of the Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park you will find beech forests and the typical flora of karst regions, with orchids, lilies, irises and endemic species.

Crocuses in spring in Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park - photo: Krasimir Lakovski

Tulips in spring in Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park - photo: Krasimir Lakovski

Cowslip (Primula veris) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Kidneywort (Anemone hepatica) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

The road towards the summit of Vola - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Next to the road towards the summit of Vola - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Meadow along the way to the summit of Vola - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Limestone rocks - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Ramsons/Wild garlic/Bear's garlic (Allium ursinum) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Beech forest - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

The Black River - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

The Black River - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

In the woods - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Autumn crocus/Meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Pasture near the historical summit of Vola - panorama view of Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park- photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park/Krasimir Lakovski

Mountain meadow under the summit of Vola - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Mountain pastures above Zgorigrad village - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park/Krasimir Lakovski

Borov kamak trail - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Oriental hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Daphne oleoides on Kobileni steni - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Lilim jankae - endemic for the Balkan peninsula- photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Lilim jankae - endemic for the Balkan peninsula- photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Ophrys cornuta - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Ophrys cornuta - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

White helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Grass-leaved flag, grass leaved iris, plum iris, plum tart iris (Iris graminea L.) - Photo Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Iris (Iris reichenbachii), Balkan endemic plant - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Achillea ageratifolia (Sm.) Boiss. - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Moonshine yarrow (Achillea clypeolata), endemic to the Balkan peninsula - Photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park, Krasimir Lakovski

Hen-and-chickens (Sempervivum heuffelii Schott) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Rustyback (Asplenium ceterach) and White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

Erysimum comatum, endemic to the Balkan Peninsula - Photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park, Krasimir Lakovski

Dianthus petraeus, endemic to the Balkan peninsula - Photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park, Krasimir Lakovski

Soft shield-fern (Polystichum setiferum) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Into the jungle - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Horn of plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides) - photo: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park

Photos: Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park/Krasimir Lakovski