Description
The botanical nature monument of local significance, the "Kozatski Maidany" kurgan, is located in the Cherkasy District of Cherkasy Region, Ukraine (49.063472° N, 32.141861° E; 207 meters above sea level). The kurgan has a height of 4.5 meters and a diameter of 80 meters. It hosts 159 species of vascular plants, including numerous steppe species. Among these, several are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, such as Iris hungarica and Stipa capillata, as well as in the Red List of Cherkasy Region, including Amygdalus nana, Anemone sylvestris, Aster amellus, Asyneuma canescens, Cerasus fruticosa, Iris pumila, Jurinea calcarea, Jurinea salicifolia, Phlomis pungens, and Vinca herbacea (Sudnik-Wójcikowska, Moysiyenko, 2010). This dataset contains occurrences of 73 species (vascular plants) recorded in 11 releve (vegetation survey) during the project. The nomenclature of the dataset is as follows: “Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0” - (Vynokurov et al. 2024).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 167 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Dyrenko N, Skobel N, Heinzel E, Moysiyenko I (2024). Records of vascular plants from Kurgan-maidan, Cherkasy District, Cherkasy Region (Ukraine). Version 1.0. Kherson State University. Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=hrus&v=1.0
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kherson State University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: dda380ef-9173-442d-b91e-ca45860df525. Kherson State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; biodiversity; kurgan; cultural heritage site
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Geographic Coverage
Cherkasy Region, Central Ukraine.
Bounding Coordinates | South West [49.094, 31.41], North East [49.582, 32.234] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All species determenied to species.
Kingdom | Plantae |
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Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Temporal Coverage
Start Date | 2024-05-20 |
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Project Data
No Description available
Title | Advocating for the environment and local communities of the future for the former Kakhovka Reservoir and Kakhovka HPP |
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Funding | Advocating for the environment and local communities of the future for the former Kakhovka Reservoir and Kakhovka HPP, implemented by the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group with the support of the Fondation de France. |
Sampling Methods
To describe the vegetation of kurgan-maidan, the transect method was used with 11 biotopes along the path: BNe - bottom north external, SNe - slope north external, T(N) - top north, SSi - slope south internal, BSi - bottom south internal, B - bottom, BNi - bottom north internal, SNi - slope north internal, T(S) - top south, SSe - slope south external, BSe - bottom north external. Additionally, the vegetation of the so-called ‘mustaches’ of the kurgan-maidan - mounds of earth that were moved from the kurgan after being used for gunpowder mining in Cossack times (16th-18th centuries) is described. For each species, its abundance was noted using a five-point scale: I - rare, II - occasional, III - frequent, IV - common, and V - abundant.
Study Extent | The dataset contains the co-distribution of vascular plants. The study area is located in the Cherkasy Region, in the central forest-steppe zone of Ukraine. Kurgan-maidan is surrounded by agricultural fields. |
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Quality Control | Some specimens of the vascular plants were collected as herbarium for determination and verification after the fieldwork. After digitizing the data, we harmonised the taxonomic information according to the nomenclature sources "Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0" - (Vynokurov et al. 2024): for vascular plants, we used GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (GBIF species matching tool: https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) for the taxonomic check and implemented minor corrections of species names regarding misprints and problematic taxa to avoid misinterpretation. We additionally checked and verified the data using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/) and QGIS 3.38 (https://qgis.org) for quality control. |
Method step description:
- Site selection, field researcTo describe the vegetation of kurgan-maidan, the transect method was used with 11 biotopes along the path: BNe - bottom north external, SNe - slope north external, T(N) - top north, SSi - slope south internal, BSi - bottom south internal, B - bottom, BNi - bottom north internal, SNi - slope north internal, T(S) - top south, SSe - slope south external, BSe - bottom north external. Additionally, the vegetation of the so-called ‘mustaches’ of the kurgan-maidan - mounds of earth that were moved from the kurgan after being used for gunpowder mining in Cossack times (16th-18th centuries) is described. For each species, its abundance was noted using a five-point scale: I - rare, II - occasional, III - frequent, IV - common, and V - abundant. h.
- Identification of herbarium specimens of vascular plants.
- Recording and identification of vascular plants with using road-field methods and VegApp.
- Digitizing the field data forms.
- Data checking and cleaning.
- Transformation of the dataset according to the Darwin Core standards.
- Taxonomic check, final quality control
Bibliographic Citations
- Sudnik-Wójcikowska, B., Moysiyenko. (2010). Flora of kurgans in the forest-steppe zone in Ukraine. Chornomorski Botanical Journal 6(2):162-199.
- Vynokurov, D., Borovyk, D., Chusova, O., Davydova, A., Davydov, D., Danihelka, J., Dembicz, I., Iemelianova, S., Kolomiiets, G., Moysiyenko, I., Shapoval, V., Shynder, O., Skobel, N., Buzhdygan, O. & Kuzemko, A. (2024). Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e118128. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e118128
Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=hrus |
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