An annotated list of the flora in the Plavni tract (Tiligulskyi Regional Landscape Park, vicinity of Kobleve village, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The research focused on Regional Landscape Park “Tylihuski” in the vicinity of Kobleve village covering approximately 284 hectares in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine.

Sampling

Recording and identification of vascular plants with using road-field methods. The abundance of each species on each species was assessed using a 5-point scale: 1 – rare, 2 - occasional, 3 – frequent, 4 - common, 5 – abundant species.

Quality Control

The identification of vascular plant species was held with morphological methods at the field. Coordinates of records were checked using Google Earth service and QGIS 3.32 Lima. Data cleaning using OpenRefine. After digitizing the data with VegApp (species list - EuroPlusMed) with import to Stardart Turboveg XML fil, we harmonised the taxonomic information according to the nomenclature sources: for vascular plants - Nomenclatural Checklist of vascular plants of Ukraine (Mosyakin & Fedoronchuk 1999). Then we used GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (GBIF species matitem-0ching tool: https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) for the taxonomic check and implemented minor corrections of species names regarding misprints and problematic taxa to avoid misinterpretation. We additionally checked data using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/), for quality control.

Method steps

1. Field sampling
2. Recording and identification of vascular plants. Data mobilization in the field was performed using the releves application Vegapp (species list - EuroPlusMed) with import to Standart Turboveg XML file.
3. Completing of checklist of vascular plant
4. Data post-processing according to the Darwin Core standards
5. Data checking and cleaning in OpenRefine

Include 119 taxa names of vascular plants all determined to species. Vascular plants (Plantae, Tracheophyta - Gnetopsida, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida).

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Liliopsida
   rank: class
4. Magnetopsida
   rank: class

Mykolaiv region, Regional Landscape Park “Tylihulski” in the vicinity of Kobleve village.