Phytodiversity of Eastern Europe

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Authors: Golub V.B., Bondareva V.V.

The review of the plant communities of the class Salicetea purpureae Moor 1958 of Lower Volga Valley has been carried out. The Lower Volga Valley vegetation database was used for this purpose. The database was created using the computer program TURBOVEG. Now it includes a total of 15022 relevés, recorded on the territory of the Lower Volga Valley in the period from 1924 to 2013. Expert system based on the method «Cocktail» applied for recognition of relevés that can be attributed to the associations listed above and occurring in the Lower Volga Valley. The characteristics of 10 associations of the class Salicetea purpureae in this region is given. Associations in which plant communities are dominate by bushes are subject to the alliance Bidenti frondosae–Salicion triandrae Golub et E.G. Kuzmina 2004, and trees – to the alliance Asparago–Salicion albae Golub 2001.

70-77

Authors: Bessonova V.P., Zaytseva I.A., Nemchenko M.V.

Data about the species composition of dendroflora of the «Voyskovaya balka» stow near the village Vojskovoe (Solonyansky district of the Dnepropetrovsk Region) has been given. The 46 species of woody plants (of 31 genera and 21 botanical families) has been registered. Native plants make up a large part of the species (65.2%). Exotic species are represented mainly by Gleditsia triacanthos, Pinus pallasiana, Platycladus orientalis, Robinia pseudoacacia. Three invasive species (Ailanthus altissima, Acer negundo, Robinia rseudoacacia) belong to the group of allelopatically active plants. Six rare species were found, four of which are listed in the IUCN Red List.

80-85

Authors: RECORDS OF RARE VASCULAR PLANTS AND MOSSES SPECIES IN IVANOVO REGION IN 2016

Data about new locations of 30 rare vascular plant and 3 moss species, included in the Red Data Book of Ivanovo region, are presented.

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Authors: Tret'yakov D.I., Savchuk S.S., Lebed'ko V.N.

Information on the current distribution of species of genus Mutinus (Phallaceae, Basidiomycetes) in Belarus is presented. A habitat rare in Europe species – Mutinus caninus (Huds.) Fr. 1849 for the first time for Belarus is confirmed.

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Authors: Savinova T.N.

The Buzuluk pine forest – a unique nature sanctuary in steppe Zavolzhye. Since the end of the 18th century it constantly drew to itself attention of scientists, and scientific activity of some of them began with studying of this forest area. The idea to write article has appeared after a find of photos of the beginning of the 20th century and labels on herbarium sheets. They serve as the proof of work in pine forest of some researchers in whose biographies this fact isn't mentioned.

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Authors: Saksonov S.V., Rozenberg G.S., Senator S.A.

VOLGA-URAL BOTANIST T.I. PLAKSINA (TO THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH)