An annotated list of the flora of the projected reserve «Staroshvedskyi» (Kherson region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The botanical nature reserve of local importance “Staroshvedskyi” is located in the area of the Zmiivka and Chervonyi Maiak councils, Beryslav District, Kherson Region, Ukraine. The territory is characterized by a wide variety of natural conditions. In addition to dominant steppe habitats, there are also meadows, scrublands, forest plantations and ruderal habitats, outcrops of limestone, loess and clay, limestone cliffs, and the Dnieper Reservoir.

Sampling

Recording and identification of vascular plants with using road-field methods

Quality Control

The identification of vascular plant species was held with morphological methods at the field and in the Kherson State University Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Environmental Protection. Coordinates of records were checked using Google Earth service. Data cleaning using OpenRefine.

Method steps

1. Field sampling
2. Recording and identification of vascular plants
3. Completing of cheklist of vascular plant
4. Data post-processing according to the Darwin Core standards
5. Data checking and cleaning in OpenRefine

Vascular plants (Plantae, Tracheophyta - Polypodiopsida, Gnetopsida, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Gnetopsida
   rank: class
4. Liliopsida
   rank: class
5. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
6. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class

The botanical nature reserve of local importance “Staroshvedskyi” (Beryslav district, Kherson region, Ukraine)