Checklist of vascular plants of the projected regional landscape park «Valley of kurgans» (Kherson region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The "Valley of Kurgan" tract is located in the Kherson region, where it is located between the villages of Ivanivka in the north and Ochakivske, Vilna Druzhyna, Industrialne, Sadove and Pamiatne villages in the south. In the west it borders with Yagorlytskyi Bay in the west, in the north and east it is bounded by the Nyzhniodniprovskyi sands (Ivanivska and Zburyivska arenas). To the south of the site there are ploughed true grass steppes are located to the South.

Sampling

This field allows for a tet based\human readable description of the sampling procedures used in the research project. The content of this element wold be similar to a description of sampling procedures found in the methods section of journal article

Quality Control

The identification of vascular plant species was held with morphological methods at the field and in the Kherson State University Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Environmental Protection. Coordinates of records were checked using Google Earth service. Data cleaning using OpenRefine.

Method steps

1. Field sampling
2. Recording and identification of vascular plants
3. Completing of cheklist of vascular plant
4. Data post-processing according to the Darwin Core standards
5. Data checking and cleaning in OpenRefine

Vascular plants (Plantae, Tracheophyta - Polypodiopsida, Gnetopsida, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida)

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Gnetopsida
   rank: class
4. Liliopsida
   rank: class
5. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
6. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class

Projected regional landscape park «Valley of kurgans» (Kherson Region, Ukraine)