%0 Journal Article %T Rare dune plant species in Samsun Provience, Turkey %A Burak S¨¹RMEN %J - %D 2019 %X In the present study, the rare species of the city Samsun which distributed in sand dune ecosystem were investigated. The study was carried out in the localities £¿obanyata£¿£¿ (Terme), Sindel, H¨¹rriyet and Costal (£¿ar£¿amba), Cernek, Sahilkent (Bafra) and Doyran (Ala£¿am) of Samsun sand dune. Sand dune communities were sampled from April 2010 to July 2012 by using minimal area method in 16 m2 plots. The coastal sand dunes of £¿obanyata£¿£¿, Sindel, Cernek, Sahilkent (Bafra) and Doyran (Ala£¿am) is consist of upper beach/driftline, primary/embryonic, main, transitional and, fixed dune zones ) while the fixed zone is totally disappeared and transitional zone is significantly interrupted in the localities Costal and H¨¹rriyet especially due to the building settlement. Rare species on each coastal dune zones in all localities were determined according to the rarity index formula. As a result, each locality was assessed independently, and it is indicated that the rarity index of 47 species is low %K Karadeniz %K K£¿y£¿ habitatlar %K Nadirlik indeksi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/ajb/issue/46438/551995