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An inventory of 318 taxa of vascular plants growing in the suburban-industrial area of Thessaloniki is presented, based on own collections. Therophytes and hemicryptophytes are the most abundant life forms (85% of the total number). In respect to chorology, Mediterranean (c. 33%) and the widespread Eurasiatic/Paleotemperate and (sub-) Cosmopolitan/Circumboreal taxa (c. 45% in total) prevail. The flora also includes some spontaneously growing xenophytes (¢. 10%) and cultivation escapes (4%). Euphorbia maculata is firstly reported for Greece, whereas the occurrence of Comyza albida, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Bifora radians and Sporobolus indicus has been confirmed for the area of Thessaloniki.