Vascular plants of old cemeteries of Lower Dnipro region (Southern Ukraine)
Citation
Skobel N, Moysiyenko I, Sudnik-Wójcikowska B, Dembicz I, Zachwatowicz M, Zakharova M, Dzerkal V, Marushchak O (2023). Vascular plants of old cemeteries of Lower Dnipro region (Southern Ukraine). Version 1.8. Kherson State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/h82vw6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-27.Description
Recent studies (2008–2021) have demonstrated the high importance of old cemeteries for the preservation of steppe ecosystems and red-listed steppe species. The flora of 13 old cemeteries of the Kherson region includes 2104 occurrence of vascular plants. The study of the flora of 10 old cemeteries of Kherson region (rural cemeteries) was conducted during 2008–2017 and 3 old cemeteries of city Kherson was during 2020-2021. The area of the old cemeteries of the Kherson region varies from 0.43 ha to 10.45 ha. Total area of all old cemeteries is 51,2752 ha. In old cemeteries of the studied region, rare steppe species have survived, although steppe vegetation is preserved where there are fragments of virgin and unploughed steppes around the cemeteries, near old villages or cities. The preservation of the natural vegetation cover in cemeteries is supported by the sacred status of cemeteries that are places where economic activities are not allowed.Purpose
1) to establish the level of floristic richness of ancient cemeteries on the example of 13 cemeteries of the Kherson Province; 2) to find out the peculiarities of the structure of the flora of ancient cemeteries; 3) show the role of ancient cemeteries in the preservation of steppe.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study of the flora of 13 old cemeteries was conducted during 2008–2017 using route-field method and literature data. According to the administrative and territorial division, the examined cemeteries are located in the Beryslav, Henichesk, Skadovsk and Kherson districts (former Belozerka, Beryslav,Velykooleksandrivka, Hola Prystan, Nyzhni Sirogozy districts), city Kherson of Kherson region.Sampling
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.Quality Control
The study of each site was conducted at least 3 times during the growing season: spring, summer and autumn. For data cleaning we were used OpenRefine.Method steps
- We searched flora of old cemeteries, that were esstablished before 20th.
- Study of each site was conducted at least 3 times during the growing season: spring, summer and autumn.
- The data were compiled which contained the following additional information about each taxon of vascular plants: its occurrence (estimated according to a 3-point scale: 1 – sporadic, 2 – infrequent, 3 – common).
Taxonomic Coverages
All vascular plants were identified to species.
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Plantaerank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Floristic research was carried out in 13 old cemeteries. According to the administrative and territorial division, the examined cemeteries are located in the Beryslav, Henichesk, Skadovsk and Kherson districts and Kherson city council of Kherson Province. Kherson region include to the Lower Dnipro region. The characteristic features of the natural conditions of the Lower Dnipro region are determined by its geographical location within the true steppe zone of the Eastern European plain.
Bibliographic Citations
- Moysiyenko І.І., Skobel N.O., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Dembicz I., Zachwatowicz M., Zakharova M.Ya.(2021). Old cemeteries as refuge of the steppe flora in Southern Ukraine. Chornomors’k. bot. z., 17 (3): 98–106. -
- Moysiyenko I.I., Skobel N.O., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Dembicz I., Zachwatowicz M., Zakharova M.Ya., Dzerkal V.M. (2021). Florososological significance of old cemeteries of the Lower Dnieper. Materials of VII Scientific readings in memory of Sergey Tarashchuk, Mykolaiv,23-24 April ,2021: 61-67.(in Ukrainian) -
- Moysiyenko I.I., Skobel N.O., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Dembicz I., Zachwatowicz M., Zakharova M.Ya., Dzerkal V.M. (2021). Lower Dnieper old cemeteries in steppe flora of southern Ukraine. 29th Conference of European Vegetation Survey: Revegetating Europe – Contributions of the EVS to the UN Decade on Ecological Restoration. Online conference, 6–7 September, 2021: 60. -
- Moysiyenko I.I., Skobel N.O., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Dembicz I., Zachwatowicz M., Zakharova M.Ya., Dzerkal V.M. (2021). Old cemeteries as a refusion of steppe flora in the Kherson Region. Practical aspects of biodiversity conservation in the southern steppe region: a collection of scientific papers of the scientific-practical seminar "Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve", Askania-Nova, 26-27 May, 2021: 9-73. (in Ukrainian) -
Contacts
Nadiia Skobeloriginator
position: PhD student
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
email: skobel2015@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-2881
Ivan Moysiyenko
originator
position: professor, doctor of biological sciences
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392
Barbara Sudnik-Wójcikowska
originator
position: professor, doctor of biological sciences
University of Warsaw
Żwirki i Wigury 101
Warsaw
02-089
PL
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-9235
Iwona Dembicz
originator
position: PhD, Professor (Assistant)
University of Warsaw
Żwirki i Wigury 101
Warsaw
02-089
PL
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-1519
Maria Zachwatowicz
originator
position: PhD, Professor (Assistant)
University of Warsaw
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30
Warsaw
00-927
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-2211
Maryna Zakharova
originator
position: Researcher
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0874-5707
Victoria Dzerkal
originator
position: PhD student
National Natural Park “Nyzhnodniprovskyi”
136-a Universytetska Str.
Kherson
73000
UA
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Oleksii Marushchak
originator
position: PhD student, junior researcher, Editor
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
UA
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-5593
Nadiia Skobel
metadata author
position: Master student
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
Telephone: 0937868903
email: skobel2015@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-2881
Ivan Moysiyenko
metadata author
position: professor, doctor of biological sciences
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
UA
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392
Barbara Sudnik-Wójcikowska
metadata author
position: professor, doctor of biological sciences
University of Warsaw
Żwirki i Wigury 101
Warsaw
02-089
PL
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-9235
Iwona Dembicz
metadata author
position: PhD, Professor (Assistant)
University of Warsaw
Żwirki i Wigury 101
Warsaw
02-089
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-1519
Maria Zachwatowicz
metadata author
position: PhD, Professor (Assistant)
University of Warsaw
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30
Warsaw
00-927
PL
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-2211
Maryna Zakharova
metadata author
position: Researcher
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0874-5707
Victoria Dzerkal
metadata author
position: PhD student
National Natural Park “Nyzhnodniprovskyi”
136-a Universytetska Str.
Kherson
73000
UA
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kEsgdOAAAAAJ&hl=ru
Oleh Prylutskyi
custodian steward
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
UA
Nadiia Skobel
administrative point of contact
position: PhD Student
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
73000
UA
email: skobel2015@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-2881
Ivan Moysiyenko
administrative point of contact
position: professor, doctor of biological sciences
Kherson State University
27 Universytetska Str
Kherson
UA
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392