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 | | Pelister is the first national park in the former Yugoslavia, it was proclaimed on November 24, 1948.The area of the park encircles 12520ha of which: 3730ha is strictly protected zone, 5480ha is tourist and amenity zone, and 3310ha is the irrigation zone. |
 | | Out of the forest types on Pelister, the most valuable is the molika (Pinus peuce), autochthonous species of a five-leaved pine tree, which is one of the most important and most interesting bio-geographical, ecological, and vegetation phenomena on the Balkan Peninsula. |
 | | On the territory of the National Park Pelister there are locus classics of more than 20 plant species, out of which 13 taxons have kept their taxonomic status: Alchemilla peristerica, Centaurea deustiformis, Crocus pelistericus, Dianthus myrtinervius, Festuca peristerica, Pedicularis orthantha, Pinus peuce, Ranunculus psilostachys, Sedum erythraeum, Sempervivum octopodes, Silene ventricosa, Viola velutina, and Viola orphanidis. |
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