An annotated list of the flora of the botanical reserve «Yakovlivskyi» (Mykolaiv region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

It is located on an area of 35 hectares in the vicinity of the village Yakovlivka, Bereznehuvata district, Mykolaiv region. The reserve covers the terrace area and elements of the ravine-beam system of the lower reaches of the Visun River at its confluence with the Ingulets River. The reserve consists of three ravines - Kalinindorfska, Yakovlivska and Zhukova and a section of the terrace of the river Visun between the last two. In the reserve, the vegetation cover of steppes and limestone outcrops of the strip of fescue-feather grass steppes is well preserved.

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

the regional botanical reserve "Yakovlivski" (Mykoliav district, Mykoliav region, Ukraine)