Abstract
The aim of the present study is to assess the floristic composition and plant diversity of Farwa Island one of the most important Libyan wetlands. The results showed that 130 plant species belonging to 53 families of which 40 dicots, 10 monocots and 3 Gymnosperms were recorded. The most highly represented families are the Asteraceae with 16 species, followed by Amaranthaceae and Fabaceae with 10 species. Floristic analysis was conducted to determine life forms and chorotypes, the highest life forms recorded were Therophytes with 47 species, followed by Hemicryptophytes and Chamaephytes with 25 species for each, then Geophytes with 17 species which the Mediterranean Therophytes are dominating. Chorotype analysis revealed the dominance of Mediterranean plants with 57 species, then Mediterranean / Iranu-Turanean plants with 18 species.