Modern assessment of natural dendroflora of the Crimea

Abstract

The species composition of the indigenous woody plants of theCrimeawas studied. For the peninsula, 165 species of 58 genera and 31 families were recorded. 148 forms for 50 species of woody plants from 34 genera as well as 11 hybrids for 6 species of plants have been described. In total, there are 320 taxa of woody plants in theCrimea. Of them, 24 species are included in Red Data Book. Woody plants are distributed unevenly across the territory of the Crimea: Crimean Steppe (CS) - 1 species, Crimean Forest-Steppe (CFS) - 5, Mountanious Crimea (MC) - 37, Crimean Southern Coast (CSC) -7, CS+CFS+VC+ CSC - 26, CS+CFS+ CSC - 3, CS+ CSC - 2, CS+CFS+MC - 4, CS+CFS - 2, CS+MC+ CSC - 2, CS+MC -1, CFS+MC+ CSC - 30, CFS+ CSC - 5, CFS+MC - 14, MC+ CSC - 27 species. Dominating are the genera:Rosa- 16 species, Rubus - 21, Crataegus - 15. There are 101 species of shrubs and 64 species of trees; of them evergreen deciduous trees - 1, coniferous - 8, evergreen shrubs - 10, deciduous species - 146 species. Locally distributed are 19 species of the following genera: Arbutus, Betula, Daphne, Myricaria, Nitraria, Rubus, Ruscus, Vitex.