KSU accessed IPT (GBIF The Integrated Publishing Toolkit)
On January 19, 2022, the first dataset "Vascular Plants of Old Cemeteries of the Lower Dniester Basin (Southern Ukraine)"
was uploaded. It contains 436 species and 2104 signs of vascular plants identified to species.
We have surveyed the flora of 13 Lower Dnipropetrovsk Region quintiles. In the administrative and territorial subdivision in the Kherson region there are 13 old vintners (Berislavsky, Genichesky, Skadovsky and Kherson districts) and 3 old vintners in the city of Kherson. The area of the old quarters varies in the range from 0.43 hectares to 10.4509 hectares (the total area of 51.2752 hectares). In the old hoards of the Lower Dniester Basin, near which there are or were fragments of tsliny and neorah steppes preserved rare steppe species of plants. Recent studies have demonstrated the great importance for the preservation of biodiversity of cultural heritage objects of anthropogenic origin. Old vintages have a floristic specificity with a relatively good state of preservation of steppe vegetation. Preservation of natural vegetation on the quintars is facilitated by the sacred status of the quintars as places where it is not possible to carry out economic activities not provided by the purpose of the quintars.
Steppe vegetation cover is preserved not on all of the pinnacles, but only on those which were laid on the un-irrigated steppe plot, near the old villages or in the settlements, However, if a zvintar was deposited already in the disinhabited area (newly created) or was transferred to another area, the steppe flora is not represented on such zvintars. Further preservation of steppe vegetation on old vintages of villages and towns depends on the location, cultural supervision of the graves, the presence of a number of depredations, grazing, burns and the state of the storehouse (abandoned / abandoned, for which the share is maintained / operated). The most positive manifestation, for the preservation of flora have abandoned quarters, because they lack the factors of supervision, which appear in the planting of ornamental species, dislocation and acts of vandalism). The urban area is characterized by more anthropogenic pressure, a greater degree of isolation of vegetation and active care of the graves, which is manifested in piecemeal plantings, near the graves, which has a negative impact on the steppe vegetation.
The results obtained confirm the floristic specificity and value of old hoards.
They could play an important role in the preservation of steppe physical and biological diversity and give a prospect for future steps in the renewal of the steppe
Skobel N, Moysiyenko I, Sudnik-Wójcikowska B, Dembicz I, Zachwatowicz M, Zakharova M, Dzerkal V, Marushchak O (2022).
Vascular plants of old cemeteries of Lower Dnipro region (Southern Ukraine). Kherson State University.
Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/h82vw6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-01-19.
Additionally, there is a permanent herbarium dataset at Kherson State University (KHER) updated with new records via PlutOf (7659 public records, some of them privately held).
Kherson State University. Kherson State University Herbarium (KHER), Department of Botany.
Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7c7xxz accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-01-19.
The Department of Botany is not going to stop at what has been accomplished, therefore we are preparing the following dataset for publication
based on materials of the 15th Polish workshop EDGG, DarkDiv194, findings at ancient sites, burial mounds, and other.
Many thanks to Nadia Skobel, GBIF manager with registration rights, who prepared the data and published the dataset!