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Functional databases, that aim the aggregation and homogenization of functional trait data, constitute fundamental tools of ecological research, that increase data accessibility at global or regional scale. Grime's CSR (competitor, stress-tolerator, ruderal) life strategies is a prominent scheme of such functional data, for the fields of ecology and conservation biology. Here, we aimed at creating a new regional database of CSR strategies of plant taxa occurring in the northwestern Pindus Mountains, Greece. This database contains data across 481 taxa, calculated with the "Stratefy" method, through the measurement of three leaf traits. For the 48.02 % of these taxa, no CSR information was previously available in other databases. Additionally, we investigated the diversity of the CSR strategies between the general grassland and forest habitats occurring in the study area. We observed distribution of taxa mainly along the S–R axis for grassland habitats and the S–C axis for forest habitats. Finally, after comparing the CSR strategies of plant taxa calculated in our study with previously available CSR information from the literature, it is becoming prevalent that availability of such data at a local scale is crucial, since it can minimize the effects of undesirable characteristics of functional data aggregated from several different sources. Citation: Mastrogianni A., Kiziridis D. A., Eleftheriadou A., Paradisiotis M., Pleniou M., Xystrakis F., Tsiftsis S. & Tsiripidis I. 2024: Contribution to the functional flora of Greece: a case study on the northwestern Pindus Mountains. – Willdenowia 53: 269-295. Version of record first published online on 26 January 2024. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]