Some characters of rangeland vegetation in Batman province

This study was conducted to determine some vegetation characters of rangelands in Batman province during the period of april-june in 2016. In the study, modified wheel point method with loop was used. Vegetation study was carried out in 33 station. Totally 202 plant species determined in the study area were categorized in 3 groups: i) 35 species were in family of grasses, ii) 52 species were in leguminosae, and iii) 115 species were in the group of other families. These plant species were also divided into 3 different successional groups: i) 12 species were decreasers, ii) 13 species were increasers, and iii) 177 species were invaders. In the study area, plant coverage rate was 81.06%, average rate of legumes, grasses and other families in the botanical composition were found as 33.71%, 27.27% and 39.02% respectively. The results of the study showed that all of rangeland are “Poor” condition classes. On the other hand, all of rangeland stations were found as “Healthy” in health categories