185 Citations
Within this dataset data on rare species of vascular plants of the Lower Dnieper sands (Kherson and Mykolaiv regions) are given, which include 92 species (10.4 % of the total number of species of the studied territory), belonging to 4 classes, 24 families and 77 genera. Among them in the European and World Red List - 1 species (Agropyron dasyanthum), in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - 7 species (all representatives of the Orchidaceae family), in the list of the Bern Convention on the Protection of Wild Flora and fauna and natural habitats in Europe - 6 species (Ostericum palustre, Lindernia procumbens, Zostera marina - only in Bern), in the Red Book of Ukraine - 28 species (Alyssum tortuosum subsp. savranicum, Betula pubescens var. pubescens, Goniolimon graminifolium), there are 29 species in the Red List of Kherson region, 6 species in the Red List of Mykolaiv region. The list of species includes plants that are proposed for inclusion in the Red List of the Kherson region - 26 species and the Red List of the Mykolaiv region - 14 species (only for - Centaurea odessana, Moehringia trinervia). The spread of these species across the arenas of the Lower Dnipro sands was also noted. It has been established that the highest sociological status is the Kinburn Spit, where most of the species are represented endemically (Crambe maritima, Eryngium maritimum, Astrodaucus littoralis, etc.). The second place in terms of the number of rare species is occupied by the Ivanivka arena, characteristic only of this arena - Allium regelianum, Muscari neglectum, Tulipa gesneriana. The next place in terms of the number of sozophytes is occupied by the Chalbaska arena - 6 species are unique to this area (Ostericum palustre, Dactylorhiza majalis, Eremogone rigida, etc.). Oleshkivska Arena is in fourth place. The fifth place is occupied by the Zburyivska arena, characteristic only for it are - Athyrium felix-femina, Dryopteris filis-mas. The penultimate place is occupied by the Kozacho-Lagerska arena, Nymphaea alba, N. candida and Schoenoplectus mucronatus are characteristic only for this area. The last one is the Kakhovka Arena.