Colkheti (South, Adsharia)
location: West Georgia, Black Sea Coast
conditions: warm-humid climate
destinations: Batumi Botanical Garden (with floral elements from Caucasia, Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, America)
plants: 1900 species
The typical colkhic woods are comprised of tree-species like Quercus hartwissiana, Q. pontica, Q. imeretina (= Q. robur ssp. imeretina), Fagus orientalis, Picea orientalis, Abies nordmanniana as well as the typical evergreen undergrowth: Laurocerasus officinalis, Rhododendron ponticum, Vaccinium arctostaphylos, Staphylea colchica, Smilax excelsa, Buxus colchicus.
Endemits of Adsharia are Genista adzharica, Galanthus krasnovii, Angelica adzharica, Centaurea adzharica, Campanula makaschvili
Endemits of Adsharia-Lasistan are Rhododendron smirnovii, R. ungernii, Epigaea gaultherioides, Primula megasaefolia, Cyclamen adzharicum, Verbascum chlorantha, Lilium ponticum