Vascular plant occurrences and community hemeroby levels on reclaimed mining technosols in Pokrov, Ukraine

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Zhukov O, Kunakh O, Podpriatova N (2025). Vascular plant occurrences and community hemeroby levels on reclaimed mining technosols in Pokrov, Ukraine. Version 1.2. Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University. Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=hemeroby_reclamation_ukraine&v=1.2

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

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Keywords

Occurrence; vascular plants; hemeroby; technosol; reclamation; anthropogenic impact; vegetation monitoring; post-mining land; Ukraine; steppe flora; biodiversity

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Geographic Coverage

The dataset covers a reclaimed post-mining area located near the city of Pokrov, in the Dnipropetrovsk region of southeastern Ukraine. The study site is situated on artificial technosols created after surface manganese extraction and includes various substrate types such as red-brown clays, grey-green clays, and loess-like loams. The geographic coverage encompasses a relatively small area (approximately 2 hectares) where vegetation sampling and soil property measurements were systematically carried out. This site belongs to the Central Pontic Grassland Zone and represents a valuable model system for studying ecological restoration in disturbed steppe ecosystems.

Taxonomic Coverage

The dataset includes occurrence records of vascular plant species identified at the species level. The taxa represent steppe and ruderal flora commonly found on anthropogenic technosols in southeastern Ukraine. Species from families such as Asteraceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Brassicaceae, and Lamiaceae are well represented. The taxonomic identification followed the Euro+Med Plantbase.

Temporal Coverage

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Sampling Methods

Vegetation sampling was carried out using standard 3×3 m plots arranged along transects within polygons representing distinct technosol types. In each plot, all vascular plant species were recorded and their projective cover (%) was visually estimated. Species identification was performed using regional floras and verified using Euro+Med Plantbase taxonomy. The hemeroby index of each plant species was assigned based on the Frank & Klotz scale and converted to a unified 100-point scale. Community-level hemeroby values were calculated as a cover-weighted average. The sampling design ensured consistency across different soil types to enable multivariate statistical comparisons.

Method step description:

1. The data collection process involved field surveys of vascular plants in 3×3 m plots established along transects in reclaimed mining areas. All vascular plant species were identified and their projective cover (%) visually estimated. Each species was assigned a hemeroby score based on Frank & Klotz (1990), converted to a 100-point scale. Community hemeroby was calculated as a weighted average using species cover. The data were digitized, taxonomically standardized using the Euro+Med Plantbase, and quality-checked for consistency. Final datasets were formatted to Darwin Core standards before publication.

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