This paper aims to present the diversity of endemic plants in the Shutman area and an analysis of chorological groups and life forms. The flora of Shutman comprises 31 endemic plant species. Among them, there are 20 Balkan endemics, 1 stenoendemic and 5 sub-endemic species. They belong to 20 genera and 13 families. The richest among the endemics are families Asteraceae and Caryophyllaceae, both with 4 species. All endemics are herbaceous perennials. Hemicryptophytes dominate among life forms, accounting for 58.06%. Most of the species are Balkan floristic elements (20 species or 64.52%), followed by Southeast European and South European floristic elements, both with 3 taxa (9.68%). A total of 27 species have national or international conservation status. Reporting of Ranunculus degenii Kümmerle & Jav. for the first time in Shutman makes this area the second distribution record of this plant in Kosovo.

Shutman Strict Nature Reserve in Kosovo is of great biological and ecological interest because of its distinctive flora and variable environment and landscape. In the present study, 76 endemic and relict species were recorded, belonging to 51 genera and 29 families, and 92.1 % of these species are perennials. Shutman studied flora comprises 55 endemic species, 4 endemic-relict and 17 relicts plants. Out of studied endemic plant species, 48 were Balkan endemics, 7 taxa were subendemics of Balkan and 2 Kosovo endemic species. The most frequent life form was the hemicryptophytes (69.74%), followed by the chamaephyte15.79%) and geophytes (10.52%). The flora was mostly composed of Balkan elements with 36 taxa (47.37%), followed by Boreal elements with 5 taxa (6.58%) and Alpine-Carpathian-Balkan with 4 taxa (5.26%). Results of this study demonstrated that Shutman Maintain is an important center of the Balkan endemic flora in the area of Kosovo and the Balkan Peninsula. The existence of a diverse and rich endemic flora is of great importance in the conservation of biodiversity in this area.

This study was carried out to identify the medicinal plants of conservation status on the territory of Bredhik Strict Nature Reserve (Sharr Mountain, Kosovo). Biodiversity of medicinal plants listed in this study represented by 91 taxa that belong to 43 families and 74 genera. Rosaceae and Asteraceae, with 11 and 10 species respectively, are the families by the high number of threatened species. The main genera were Plantago, Prunus and Salix with 3 species each. The species with conservation status by European Red List of Medicinal Plants are 68 species, while in IUCN Red List are included 51 taxa. Hemicryptophytes and perennial herbaceous plants with 38 species and 44 species were dominant on the plants that were the subject of this research. The number of relics species is significant, 20 species (21.98% of the total species number), and therefore area of study has the highest conservation value.