PROJECTED BOTANIC RESERVE «BILGІRSKIY» (KHERSON REGION, UKRAINE)

Abstract

In the Kherson region, the southern and southwestern regions are characterized
by a rather high percentage of the reserve, in particular, due to the presence of large
areas of the nature reserve fund (biosphere reserves "Askania-Nova" and
"Chernomorskiy", the national nature parks "Oleshkivsky Piski", " "Dzharylgatsky",
"Azov-Sivash" and "Nizhnedneprovsky"). And the northern and north-eastern part of
the region is extremely anthropogenically transformed, so the probability of creating a
large area and the category of the object is rather low. However, as a result of the
research, the territory was identified, surrounded by agro-landscapes, which needs to
be preserved. The presented steppe vegetation represents both typical groups and a
number of groups of the Green Book of Ukraine, some species from the Red Data Book
of Ukraine and the Red List of Kherson Oblast.
According to the results of a study of the northern part of the Kherson region in
the valley of the river. Ingulets is characterized in a sozologic respect to the value of
the territory, including an aesthetic assessment of the territory within the DavydoBrodsky village council. A botanical reserve of local importance is proposed for
protection, within which remains of fescue-feather grass steppes are represented. In
general, on the territory of the projected object, 204 species of vascular plants were
identified. 13 species are of the so- sological value (Ornithogalum boucheanum
(Kunth) Asch., Gymnospermium odessanum (DC.) Takht, Stipa capillata L., S.
ucrainica P. Smirn., Tulipa hypanica Klokov et Zoz, Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Mill.,
Ephedra distachya L., Vinca herbacea Waldst. & Kit., Bellevalia sarmatica (Georgi)
Voronov, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst., Hyacinthella leucophaea
(K.Koch) Schur, Paronychia cephalotes (M. Bieb.) Besser., Quercus robur L.), which
are included in the security lists at different levels. Also, the regionally rare moss
species − Didymodon insulanus (De Not) M. Hill, Tortula canescens Mont and the
fungus − Morchella steppicola Zerova (Red Data Book of Ukraine) have been
identified on the territory of the projected botanical reserve.
Key words: scientific basis, botanical reserve, sociological value, aesthetic
evaluation, Ingulec.