Records of vascular plants at the site of the former Kakhovka reservoir in 2023 (Kamianska Sich National Nature Park, Kherson Region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The dataset contains co-occurrences of vascular plants recorded during 2023 at the territory of Kamianska Sich National Nature Park after the Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP). The study area is situated in the Kherson Region.

Sampling

The study of was conducted using route-field methods. Additionally, the complete relevés with 4 nested-plot biodiversity series collected during summer and autumn following the EDGG methodology (Dengler et al. 2021) are available in the GrassPlot database (Dengler et al. 2018).

Quality Control

Some specimens of the vascular plants and almost 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: for vascular plants - POWO (2024). Then 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 header data using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/), ]and QGIS 3.22 (https://qgis.org) for quality control.

Method steps

1. Site selection, field research.
2. Identification of herbarium specimens of vascular plants.
3. Digitizing the field data forms.
4. Data checking and cleaning.
5. Transformation of the dataset according to the Darwin Core standards.
6. Taxonomic check, final quality control.

75 taxa names of vascular plants (Plantae, Tracheophyta - Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida).

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Liliopsida
   rank: class
4. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class

Kamianska Sich NNP, Beryslav District, Kherson Region, southern Ukraine.