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Bobotov kuk from Trojni prevoj (Route 7)

However, like any mountains truly worthy of the long hours you might spend climbing them, those in Montenegro are full of suprises and often enjoy confounding even the most detailed weather forecast. Make sure you bring adequate warm clothing and a waterproof jacket, whatever time of year you choose to visit.

Cloud in the Grbaja Valley

Vegetation and wildlife

The plant-life of the Balkans is richer than any comparable area in Europe.

Oleg Polunin, Flowers of Greece and the Balkans (Oxford, 1980)

Mediterranean and mountain plants

The number of plant species in the Balkan peninsula has been estimated at well over 6500 – a figure that includes numerous endemics and several relicts that have survived from before the last Ice Age.

Along the Montenegrin coast, some typical species include Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), holm oak (Quercus ilex), funeral cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), wild olive (Olea europaea) and other low shrubs or maquis. On the steep mountain slopes and karst areas above, these rapidly give way to species such as white oak (Quercus pubescens), holly oak (Quercus coccifera), hop-hornbeam (ostrya carpinifolia) and hardy scrub or garrigue. Flowering plants in these areas include thyme (Thymus striatus), common sage (Salvia officinalis) and several species of crocus. Among the endemic species found in such areas are Moltkia petraea, Petteria ramentacea, Globularia cordifolia, Lonicera glutinosa and Tanacetum cinerariifolium or ‘Dalmatian powder’ – better known as pyrethrum.