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The results of a floristic survey carried out in Mount Stratonikon (GR1270005), a Site of Community Importance included in the European NATURA 2000 network are presented. A total number of 404 vascular plant taxa were recorded, belonging to 260 genera and 83 families. Hemicryptophytes are prevailing (43.4% of the taxa), followed by Therophytes (19.2%) and Phanerophytes (18.7%). Eurasiatic taxa represent 40.1% of the chorological spectrum, followed by Mediterranean taxa (34.8%). One NE Greek endemic, Acinos alpinus subsp. nomismophyllus, was recorded. Moreover, 13 Balkan endemics (3.3% of the taxa recorded) were found, among them some, restricted in N Greece taxa (Rorripa thracica, Berteroa orbiculata, Cephalaria flava subsp. flava and Digitalis viridiflora). Finally, seven spontaneously growing xenophytes were found.