Kherson State University

The expedition of Kherson State University to study the biodiversity of cultural heritage sites, which lasted from 6 to 10 September 2023, has come to an end. Professor Ivan Moisienko, PhD student Nadiia Skobel, and students Olena Shchepeleva and Nataliia Velychko (all from Kherson State University) took part in the expedition. The first part of the expedition was mainly devoted to the study of the Zmievy Vales in Kyiv region. So far, the flora of 4 earthen ramparts has been studied: Zmievi Valls on the territory of Feodosia and Tsyblyvka territorial communities, as well as earthen ramparts of the settlements in Vasylkiv and Bilohorodka village. Steppe areas on the Zmievy ramparts on the territory of Makarivska ATC have not yet been identified))). During the study, many steppe species were observed on the ramparts, including rare ones: hairy feather grass (Red Book of Ukraine), forest anemone and steppe cherry (Red List of Kyiv region). A transect through the rampart and ditch was established on the Dnipro-Yanenko shaft within the Tsyblyvska ATC, which includes 8 geobotanical descriptions.

In the second part of the expedition, we studied the biodiversity of the mounds of the Forest Zone in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. In total, more than 50 mounds were viewed, of which 10 with the best-preserved vegetation cover were selected for detailed study. Each of these mounds was divided into 5 biotopes (southern and northern foot, southern and northern slopes, and top). For each biotope, a list of vascular plant species was compiled, indicating the abundance of 5 b