The wild vascular flora of the area in the northwestern part of Croatia - Hrvatsko Zagorje (near the settlements of Cerje Jesenjsko, Šaša, Pašnik, Vrbno and Ježovec, along with the related hamlets) was explored during the vegetation season of 2011. So far, no floristic data have been recorded for this area, planned to be a part of the future Hrvatsko zagorje Regional Park (Croatian Zagorje Regional Park). On the area of about four km2, 389 vascular plant species (which belong to 77 families) were noticed. The most abundant families are Fabaceae (9.3%), Poaceae (7.7%), Asteraceae (7.5%), Lamiaceae (6.2%) and Rosaceae (5.1%). The spectrum of life forms indicates the dominance of hemicryptophytes (50.4%), and the most prominent chorological type is Eurasian (55.0%). The share of urbanophobic and invasive taxa as well as the values of indicators of anthropogenic changes in the researched flora indicate that the investigated area shows semi-natural character, with weak to moderate anthropogenic pressure. Although the share of endemic, endangered and protected taxa is low, the diversity of other native plants justifies protection of the researched area at the level of a regional park.

Samonikla vaskularna flora područja (okolica naselja Cerje Jesenjsko, Šaša, Pašnik, Vrbno i Ježovec s pripadajućim zaselcima) u sjeverozapadnom dijelu Hrvatske istražena je tijekom vegetacijske sezone 2011. godine. Za ovo područje, koje se nalazi unutar planiranog Regionalnog parka Hrvatsko zagorje, nisu do sada bili zabilježeni nikakvi floristički podaci. Na području veličine oko 4 km2 zabilježeno je ukupno 389 svojti vaskularne flore, svrstanih u 77 porodica. Najzastupljenije porodice su Fabaceae (9,3%), Poaceae (7,7%), Asteraceae (7,5%), Lamiaceae (6,2%) te Rosaceae (5,1%). Spektar životnih oblika ukazuje na dominantnost hemikriptofita (50,4%), a najzastupljeniji geoelement je euroazijski (55,0%). Udio urbanofobnih i invazivnih svojti, kao i vrijednosti indikatora antropogenih promjena flore ukazuju da istraživano područje pokazuje poluprirodni karakter sa slabim do umjerenim antropogenim pritiskom. Iako je udio endemičnih, ugroženih i zaštićenih svojti nizak, raznolikost ostalih autohtonih biljaka opravdava zaštitu istraživanog područja na nivou regionalnog parka.