Vascular Plant Herbarium at the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve (KAND), Russia
Citation
Kozhin M N, Sennikov A N (2020). Vascular Plant Herbarium at the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve (KAND), Russia. Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vebcs3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-12.Description
We present a complete dataset of all holdings of vascular plants in the Herbarium of the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve, totalling 10,218 specimens collected during 1947–2019, which are referable to 764 species and 19 subspecies. All specimens were georeferenced with the utmost precision available. This dataset offers a complete and dense coverage of the territory of the nature reserve (islands and adjacent mainland coastal areas of the Barents and White Seas, Murmansk Region and Republic of Karelia, Russia); these data are little represented in herbarium collections elsewhere.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The dataset has been prepared in the course of a complete inventory of herbarium collections of vascular plants of the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve.Sampling
The information on the specimen identity and the history of identifications, locality, collection date and collector was captured from mostly handwritten herbarium labels and recorded into a spreadsheet of MS Excel. When in doubt, localities, collection dates and collector names were verified against historical documents kept in the archive of the nature reserve. Specimens were georeferenced using Google Maps or Yandex Maps. Local toponyms were traced using printed large scale topographic and marine maps, Hydrographical description of the White Sea, forest inventory maps for 1976–1977 and 2016, and records in the archive of the nature reserve. The recorded coordinates correspond to the presumed centre of the georeferenced locality. Depending on the locality’s size, the estimated accuracy varied between 5 m and 16.2 km. The dataset was incorporated into the database of the project ‘Flora of Russian Lapland’ (https://laplandflora.ru/), which is maintained at the Moscow State University.Quality Control
The original identification, when available, was verified for each specimen. Recognized taxonomic experts were involved in difficult cases: Yu.A. Alexeev, K.P. Glazunova, V.S. Novikov (Moscow State University), A.A. Bobrov (Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Borok), P.G. Efimov, N.N. Tzvelev (Komarov Botanical Institute). Identifications in apomictic groups (Hieracium, Ranunculus auricomus s.l., Taraxacum) remain incomplete.Method steps
- Entering information into a spreadsheet of MS Excel from mostly handwritten herbarium labels.
- Verification of localities, collection dates and collector names against historical documents kept in the archive of the nature reserve.
- Specimens georeferening.
- The dataset incorporation into the database of the project ‘Flora of Russian Lapland’ (https://laplandflora.ru/), which is maintained at the Moscow State University.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The Herbarium of the Kandalaksha Strict Nature Reserve possesses specimens collected in Murmansk Region and northern Karelia, Russia. The greatest amount of specimens (84.25%) originated from the territory of the nature reserve.
The land size of the nature reserve totals 20,947 ha. This figure has never been stable; during its history, the territory of the nature reserve fluctuated much, mostly with expansion by gradual inclusion of new areas or some extra land (islands or mainland coast) adjacent to the existing protected areas.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Mikhail N. Kozhinoriginator
position: Assistant Professor
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leninskiye Gory, 1
Moscow
119234
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
homepage: https://laplandflora.ru/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287
Mikhail N. Kozhin
metadata author
position: Assistant Professor
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leninskiye Gory, 1
Moscow
119234
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287
Alexander N. Sennikov
metadata author
position: Curator
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Helsinki
FI
email: alexander.sennikov@helsinki.fi
Mikhail N. Kozhin
administrative point of contact
position: senior researcher
Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve
Lineinaya 35
Kandalaksha
184042
Murmansk Region
RU
email: mnk_umba@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-0287