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This study deals with the flora and certain ecological factors of Vouraikos gorge district, Our floristic records in the area reach the number of 275 species and 19 subspecies, a total of 290 taxa, which belong to 214 genera and 58 familics. The richest in members families are the Asteraceae with 37 species and 4 subspecies (a total of 41 taxa), the Fabaceae with 34 species and 5 subspecies (a total of 39 taxa), the Lamiaceac with 21 specics and the Poaccae with 18 species and 2 subspecies (a total of 20 taxa). Also, Asperula arcadiensis, Aurinia moreana, _Colchicum peloponnesiacum: and Peucedamum achaicum are local endemic taxa of Peloponnesos. Finally, Silene conglomeratica is a rare specics, endemic to the Vouraikos gorge area.