Features of the flora of the Koktau Mountains in Kalbin Highlands

Abstract

The article presents the floristic composition of the southwestern and northeastern parts of the KoktauMountains. A taxonomic and environmental analysis of the flora of flowering and higher spore plants in the studiedregions is carried out. The flora of higher vascular plants in the southwestern and northeastern parts of the KoktauMountains is represented by 576 species belonging to 271 genera and 74 families, which makes up 10.29 % of thetotal flora of Kazakhstan. Endemic and relicts are identified in the composition of the flora. Taxonomically the flora isrepresented by 3 systematic groups: Filicinae and Equisetales, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Leading families andgenera are identified. It has been established that as part of the life forms of the flora of the Koktau Mountains, herbaceousplants dominate, tree and shrub species are poorly represented. Ecologically, the flora of the Koktau Mountains is formedby mesophytes, xeromesophytes, xerophytes, mesoxerophytes, mesopetrophytes, and mesohygrophytes.