Trees are not only true assets in urban areas but also part of our community's infrastructure. Therefore, they require care and maintenance same as other public properties. Without proper care, trees may cause personal injury or property damage. The main objective of this study was to develop a web-based tree information system for the two main boulevards of Kahramanmaras, Prof. Dr. Necmettin Erbakan and Alpaslan Turkeş boulevards. This research was conducted in two parts. In the first part of this study, an inventory for small and large trees on the median strip of the boulevards was conducted. GPS coordinates, tree height, diameter at breast height (dbh), crown diameter, tree type (Deciduous/Evergreen) of each individual tree were gathered by doing ground measurements and field observations. Attributes of 774 trees were retrieved during the inventory. After tree inventory, a total of 11 tree species were identified where Pinus pinea was found to have the largest number of trees with 321 in the study area. In the second part of this research, a database was created for all the trees inventoried and then two web applications were created. The first one was web application with interactive legend for web-based tree information system that was created for general public using ArcGIS Online. Attributes of each tree are given to the user via pop-up window in this web application. This web application is publicly accessible. Users may interact with the web application via browsers by personal computers, tablets, or smartphones. The second web application was created for a site manager who has authority to add trees in the web-based tree information system.

Astragalus ansinii A. Uzun, Terzioğlu & S. Palabaş‐Uzun, a new species from northeast Anatolia is described and illustrated. It belongs to Astragalus sect. Hypoglottis Bunge, but the characters in combination do not match completely with this section because the legumes, leaves and calyces are glabrous. This local endemic is known from two adjacent localities with several individuals. Astragalus ansinii is morphologically most similar to A. viridissimus but differs mainly by indumentum, numbers of pairs of leaflets and seed shape together with metric data related to calyx, standard and peduncle. Nuclear ITS was analysed in both species and was found to be highly similar. In addition, the seed morphology, distribution, conservation status and ecology of both species are discussed.

The aim of this study is to determine the species richness of the genus Astragalus in Kahramanmaraş and to present the updated distribution information with the help of Geographic Information Systems in a conservation point of view. In this study, country flora, recently published articles on the province of Kahramanmaraş, checklists, regional flora studies in the province, section revisions of Astragalus and also the plant samples collected from the field surveys in Kahramanmaraş were used. According to the results of the field studies supported by the literature, 95 plant taxa belonging to the genus Astragalus are listed together with their valid names and previous synonyms. The number of endemic taxa in Kahramanmaraş is 37 (with the endemism rate 39%). In the plant list, the largest sections of the genus Astragalus are Rhacophorus with 23 taxa, Onobrychoidei with 8 taxa, Dasyphyllium, Malacothrix, Myobroma, Proselius and Pterophorus with 6 taxa for each. The distribution of the taxa to the phytogeographical regions is as follows; 56 taxa (59%) Irano-Turanian element, 28 taxa (30%) Multi-regional or unknown origin, and the rest; 6 taxa (6%) is an element of the Eastern Mediterranean, 4 taxa (4%) of the Eastern Mediterranean (mountain) element and 1 taxon (1%) of the Euro-Siberian element. IUCN threat categories of endemic taxa were reassessed. As a result, totally 11 taxa are in threatened categories according to IUCN (4 taxa in CR, 2 taxa in EN and 5 taxa in VU categories) and the remaining 26 taxa are in lower threat categories (NT and LR). According to the distributions of species, which produced based on the grid system and the conservation point of view; (J13) in Çağlayancerit, (D4, E4 and G8) in Göksun, (I10) in the place between Ekinözü and central district, and (K10) in the central district of Kahramanmaraş were determined as the richest squares. These areas are very important in terms of conservation

Astragalus nurhakdagensis, a new species from the south of Turkey was described, illustrated and compared to the closest taxa Astragalus hirsutus, A. dumanii and A. cataonicus from which it is set apart by a longer calyx length (13-14 mm) and calyx teeth (7-9 mm, longer than tube), white corolla colour, longer bracts (13-15 mm) and black hairy stripes below the stem nodes. In A. hirsutus the calyx length (6-10 mm) and calyx teeth are much smaller (2-3 mm long, shorter than tube), yellow corolla colour and without black hairy stripes. It also differs from A. dumanii with its longer stipules 9-2 13 mm (not 5-8 mm), bracts 13-15 mm (not 4-6 mm), calyx length 13-14 mm (not 7-10 mm) and calyx teeth 7-9 mm (not 2-4 mm), and also with spreading hairs (not adpressed) on the calyx and 7-9 pairs of leaflets (not 3-7 pairs). It is also differentiated from A. cataonicus with a white corolla colour (not lilac to pink), longer stipule 9-13 mm (not 5-7 mm), bracts 13-15 mm (not 6-12 mm) and longer calyx teeth 7-9 mm (not 5-7 mm). Prolate (A. nurhakdagensis, A. hirsutus and A. cataonicus) and subprolate (A. dumanii) shapes were determined in the tricolporate pollen grains. Perforate, granulate and reticulate ornamentation types were observed in the pollen grains in SEM. The seed shapes were reniform-globose in A. nurhakdagensis and A. dumanii, whereas reniform in A. hirsutus and A. cataonicus. Surface ornamentation of the seeds differed slightly; rugulate in A. nurhakdagensis and A. hirsutus, reticulate-rugulate in A. dumanii and reticulate-striate in A. cataonicus. Taxonomic description, micrographs of seeds and pollen surfaces and geographical distribution of the new species were provided. Conservation status was discussed.

The ecological role of honeybees in the world and their value for sustainable agriculture and food industry are more important than ever. For this reason, we study the apiflora in the eastern Mediterranean region of T?rkiye in the context of planning bee forests aimed at biodiversity conservation. The results show that honeybee forests are quite rich in both endemism and apifloristic diversity. A total of 511 plant taxa belonging to 264 genera and 59 families were identified, of which 335 (65%) taxa were evaluated as nectar (N) and/or pollen (P) bearing honey plants (45 N, 54 P, and 236 N&P). In terms of apiflora, the richest families are Fabaceae (n=76, 3 N, 73 N&P), Lamiaceae (n=57, 19 N, 38 N&P) and Asteraceae (n=44, 1 N, 10 P, 33 N&P). Nectariferous plants were more common at higher elevations, while polleniferous plants were more common at lower elevations. According to the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, the highest diversity values were found in honeybee forests at higher elevations and the lowest diversity values at lower elevations. Sorensen analysis also showed that floristic similarities among honeybee forests ranged from 1% to 42%. Cluster analysis supported these differences by dividing the forests into two separate groups.