“…Based on our data, Turkish graveyards still host diverse orchid flora and represent important orchid habitats, despite the detected salep harvesting activity. Our results strengthen the emerging view that graveyards may play an important role for diversity conservation not only in large cities (e.g., McPherson & Nilon, ; Kocian, Némethová, Melicherová, & Matusková, ; Munshi‐South ; Latta et al., ; Butt, Lowe, & Duncanson, ; Buchholz et al., ; Čanády & Mošanský, ) but also when the surrounding land cover has been extensively transformed (McBarron, Benson, & Doherty, ; Ruch, Torke, Badger, & Rothrock, ). Our results also emphasize the special cultural–funerary role of graveyards in reducing the impacts of human exploitation on natural resources.…”