Habitats

Diversity of climatic factors, the characteristics of geography and topography, and the lack of strong anthropogenic pressure are instrumental in Strandja lounge and keep a great variety of natural habitats. Their total number (classification of Palaearctic) is over 130, and this indicator park is the first among the protected areas in Europe. Natural habitats are typically 13 Strandja of yuzhnoevksinski type and include various forests of eastern beech and oak with the participation of Strandja periwinkle Caucasian blueberry, cherry laurel and holly Colchis, caucasian primrose, oak, hornbeam and lime; Bulgarian coastal dense forests; groves: with oak Strandja - lazhnik with cupped Hypericum, heather and heather. Habitats of subevksinski type include oak-Turkey oak and oak-hornbeam forests.

Of high conservation value are the various habitats along the sea coast (marine bays, cliffs, Pontic communities and white sand dunes west-Pontic communities of saline soils and rocky substrates) river habitats (springs, rivers and streams, aquatic communities with yellow lily (Nuphar lutea), coastal estuaries), karst areas (rock formations, the rocks and caves), shrub and grassland habitats (eastern bushes flu belizmovite steppe grasslands, hay meadows, riparian meadows, Elin-annual Balkan communities mesophilic pastures).

The exceptional variety of habitats in Strandja is a prerequisite for the exceptional diversity of flora and fauna in the mountains.