Plants from the grassland habitats of Ukraine of pan-European importance

Anna Kuzemko; Alexander Khodosovtsev; Vasyl' Budzhak; Olga Chusova; Oksana Kucher; Ivan Moysiyenko; Iuliia Vasheniak; Illia Chorney; Alla Tokariuk; Oleh Prylutskyi; Olesya Bezsmertna; Olena Yavorska; Ruslan Gleb; Roman Kish; Igor Kuzemko; Ivan Danylyk; Marina Ragulina; Oleksandra Mashtaler; Svitlana Nyporko

doi:10.15468/6q2qpx

Plants from the grassland habitats of Ukraine of pan-European importance

Citation

Kuzemko A, Khodosovtsev A, Budzhak V, Chusova O, Kucher O, Moysiyenko I, Vasheniak I, Chorney I, Tokariuk A, Prylutskyi O, Bezsmertna O, Yavorska O, Gleb R, Kish R, Kuzemko I, Danylyk I, Ragulina M, Mashtaler O, Nyporko S (2022). Plants from the grassland habitats of Ukraine of pan-European importance. Version 1.3. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6q2qpx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-13.

Description

The dataset was collected in the framework of the project "Grassland habitats of Ukraine of pan-European importance: current status, losses and conservation strategy in the context of global climate change and anthropogenic transformation of the environment" with the support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (project N 2020.01/0140).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The dataset was collected in the framework of the project "Grassland habitats of Ukraine of pan-European importance: current status, losses and conservation strategy in the context of global climate change and anthropogenic transformation of the environment" with the support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (project N 2020.01/0140). This dataset was prepared (correctly organized according to Darwin Core standards) and published with the help of the project "Preservation of data on biodiversity of Ukraine during the Russian occupation" funded by "Documenting Ukraine" initiative. The initiative is financed by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (https://www.iwm.at/).

Sampling

Data were collected during the 2021 field season. The dataset includes records of all species of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens within the sampling plots. Completeness of species composition was ensured by using the “biodiversity plots” method in a series of nested plots of seven sizes: 1 cm²; 10 cm², 100 cm², 1000 cm², 1 m², 10 m² and 100 m². Sampling plots were selected to correspond to EUNIS grassland habitats (R group). Data collection was performed in the following EUNIS habitat types: R12, R13, R16, R1A, R1M, R1P, R1Q, R21, R22, R23, R35, R36, R37, R41, R43, R44, R51, R55, R56, R62, R63, R64, R65. Samplings were performed in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmel'nyts'kyi, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Zakarpattia, Volyn, Rivne, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Quality Control

The authors are fully responsible for the quality of data provided within the published dataset.

Method steps

Identifying of potential areas that might be suitable for studying of grassland habitats.
Conducting of field research during expedition trips, attended by groups of experienced botanists.
Georeferencing of the chosen monitoring plots and records of species.
Identifying of species composition ensured by using the “biodiversity plots” method.
Additional species identification in labs.
Creating of dataset using Turboveg software.
Creating of dataset according to Darwin Core standards.

Taxonomic Coverages

The dataset includes records of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens, registered during fied research of grasslands in Ukraine.

Plantae
rank: kingdom
Fungi
rank: kingdom
Bryophyta
rank: phylum
Marchantiophyta
rank: phylum
Tracheophyta
rank: phylum
Ascomycota
rank: phylum
Lecanoromycetes
rank: class
Eurotiomycetes
rank: class
Candelariomycetes
rank: class
Liliopsida
rank: class
Magnoliopsida
rank: class
Bryopsida
rank: class
Lycopodiopsida
rank: class
Polypodiopsida
rank: class
Pinopsida
rank: class
Jungermanniopsida
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Samplings for completing of the dataset were performed in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmel'nyts'kyi, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Zakarpattia, Volyn, Rivne, Kherson and Mykolaiv administrative regions of Ukraine.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Anna Kuzemko
originator
position: leading researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
Kyiv
UA
email: anyameadow.ak@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Kuzemko
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-2756

Alexander Khodosovtsev
originator
position: Professor
Kherson State University
Kherson
UA
email: khodosovtsev@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-9876

Vasyl' Budzhak
originator
position: Doctor of Science
Institute for evolutionary ecology NAS Ukraine
UA
email: budzhakv@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7754-6437

Olga Chusova
originator
position: researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv
UA
email: olgachusova28@gmail.com

Oksana Kucher
originator
position: researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
UA
email: kucher.oksana29@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4197-0471

Ivan Moysiyenko
originator
position: Doctor of Science
Kherson State University
Kherson
UA
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392

Iuliia Vasheniak
originator
position: Professor (Associate)
Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
UA
email: arrhenatherum@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-3007

Illia Chorney
originator
position: Professor
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
Chernivtsi
UA
email: iichorney@ukr.net
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1382-9112

Alla Tokariuk
originator
position: PhD
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
Chernivtsi
UA
email: a.tokaryuk@chnu.edu.ua

Oleh Prylutskyi
originator
position: Professor (Associate)
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Kharkiv
UA
email: prylutskyi@karazin.ua
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-517X

Olesya Bezsmertna
originator
position: researcher
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
Kyiv
UA
email: olesya.bezsmertna@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8764-8878

Olena Yavorska
originator
position: Lecturer
Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
UA
email: zsp.yavorska@gmail.com

Ruslan Gleb
originator
position: researcher
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
UA
email: gleb.ruslan@gmail.com

Roman Kish
originator
position: docent
Uzhhorod State University
Uzhhorod
UA
email: kishroman27@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-3372

Igor Kuzemko
originator
position: researcher
Institute for evolutionary ecology NAS Ukraine
UA
email: igorkuzemko30@gmail.com

Ivan Danylyk
originator
position: director
Institute of ecology of the Carpathians NAS of Ukraine
UA
email: idanylyk@ukr.net
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-4778

Marina Ragulina
originator
position: head keeper
State Museum of Natural History (Lviv)
Lviv
UA
email: funaria@ukr.net

Oleksandra Mashtaler
originator
position: Associate Professor
Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University
UA
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1896-824X

Svitlana Nyporko
originator
position: researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
UA
email: s_nyporko@ukr.net
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3451-0319

Anna Kuzemko
metadata author
position: leading researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
Kyiv
UA
email: anyameadow.ak@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Kuzemko
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-2756

Oleksii Marushchak
programmer
position: junior researcher
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15
Kyiv
01030
UA
Telephone: +380964882670
email: ecopelobates@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-5593

Anna Kuzemko
administrative point of contact
position: leading researcher
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine
Kyiv
UA
email: anyameadow.ak@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Kuzemko
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-2756