Faunistic and floristic records in the Kharkiv and some other regions in 2022-2024 period and some earlier years

Study Extent

The research was conducted in Ukraine Ukraine: Kharkiv region, central, northern, southern and southwestern and southeastern districts - within the following physiographic regions: Kharkiv highland forest-steppe region, East Poltava highland forest-steppe region, Oryl'-Samara lowland steppe region and Zadonetsk - Don steppe region (Starobilsk slope-upland region). Particular records from Cherkasy, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia regions and Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Time of main research conducted is 2022-2024. Particular records from earlier years are also included. Biotopes, habitats and landscapes studied, include: upland oak forests, forest-steppe and steppe forests, grass and herbaceous steppes, dry and floodplain meadows, floodplain swamps (reed, cattail, sedge, alder swamp groves) and forests (oak, willow-poplar forests, stands of Acer negundo), thickets, swamps and lakes 3 — 4 terraces of the river valley, settlements, fields and fallows.

Sampling

When conducting the research the author mainly used the method of route counts of birds, amphibians, reptiles, etc with subsequent visual identification. Insects were observed in places of concentration: trees with flowing sap, flowering plants, areas of sandy soil, puddles (waterholes). All animals and plants were identified to the level of species (in rare cases - to the level of subspecies). Georeferencing was made using the smarthphone GPS-navigators.

Quality Control

The author is fully responsible for the quality of data provided whitin the dataset.

Method steps

1. Conducting of field expeditions.
2. Species/subspecies identification.
3. Georeferencing.
4. Organizing of the dataset according to Darwin Core standards.

The dataset consists of records mainly of animals (kingdom: Animalia), but some records of easily-identified plants (kingdom: Plantae) and fungi (kingdom: Fungi) are also presented., The dataset consists of records mainly of animals (kingdom: Animalia), but some records of easily-identified plants (kingdom: Plantae) and fungi (kingdom: Fungi) are also presented.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
3. Fungi
   rank: kingdom
4. Chordata
   rank: phylum
5. Arthropoda
   rank: phylum
6. Annelida
   rank: phylum
7. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
8. Basidiomycota
   rank: phylum
9. Ascomycota
   rank: phylum
10. Mollusca
    rank: phylum
11. Pezizomycetes
    rank: class
12. Gastropoda
    rank: class
13. Clitellata
    rank: class
14. Agaricomycetes
    rank: class
15. Insecta
    rank: class
16. Arachnida
    rank: class
17. Chilopoda
    rank: class
18. Aves
    rank: class
19. Squamata
    rank: class
20. Mammalia
    rank: class
21. Amphibia
    rank: class
22. Testudines
    rank: class
23. Liliopsida
    rank: class
24. Magnoliopsida
    rank: class

The dataset consists of records mainly from Kharkiv administrative region of Ukraine. Several records are added from Cherkasy, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia administrative regions and Autonomous republich of Crimea made in the beginning of the 2nd decade of XXI century by the author.