HIGH-POTENTIAL NATURE RESERVES OF OBOLON RURAL TERRITORIAL HROMADA KREMENCHUK DISTRICT POLTAVA REGION (UKRAINE)
doi.org/10.17721/1728.2748.2024.99.11-20
Keywords:
natural monument, rare biotopes, reserve, Red Data Book of UkraineAbstract
Background. The article presents the findings of field research conducted of Obolon unified territorial community Kremenchuk district Poltava region from 2018 to 2024. The aim was to identify and study environmentally valuable territories that are promising for creating new protected areas.
Methods. The research utilized route-field, geobotanical, and descriptive research methods.
Results. Twelve field trips were conducted, 20 floristic lists were compiled using the Vegapp application, and 808 observations of 321 species were recorded in iNaturalist. The research led to proposing nine new protected areas. Among them are two local botanical reserves: ‘Strokachivskii Steppe’, 178.589 hectares, “Matviivskyi Steppe”, 113.878 hectares; two local landscape reserves: ‘Kazennyi Ostriv, 113.878 hectares, and ‘Burchakovi Plavni’; one local forest reserve ‘Khudoliivskyi Lis’. Among the proposed objects are four local botanical natural monuments: ‘Rudkivski takyry, 0.1182 ha, where it is proposed to protect the algae Stigonema cf. ocellatum; ‘Strokachivski verby’, centuries-old willows proposed for protection; “Khudoliivskyi viaz” - centuries-old smooth elm 348 cm in girth; “Vasiliakivska bereza” - centuries-old hanging birch 260 cm in girth. The proposed protected areas will contribute to the preservation of populations of rare plant species: Anacamptis palustris, Gladiolus tenuis, Tulipa quercetorum, Iris pineticola, Jacobaeae borysthenica, Typha laxmannii, Tragopogon ucrainicus, Valeriana officinalis, Utricularia vulgaris, Nymphaea alba, Convalaria majalis, Ostericum palustre and animals: Pelobates fuscus, Bombina bombina, Lacerta agilis, Circus aeruginosus, Pelophylax ridibundus, Streptopelia turtur.
Conclusions. The creation of the proposed protected areas will contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in the region.
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