Vascular plants of Voronezhsky Biosphere Reserve

According to the data for 2019, the list of vascular plants of the Voronezh Reserve includes 1051 species from 662 genera and 119 families of the divisions Licopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta, Magnoliophyta.

1. Licopodiophyta
   common name: Lycopods rank: class
2. Equisetophyta
   common name: Horsetails rank: class
3. Polypodiophyta
   common name: Ferns rank: class
4. Pinophyta
   common name: Conifers rank: class
5. Magnoliophyta
   common name: Flowering plants rank: class

Voronezh reserve is located in the northern part of the Usmanskiy woodland - an island forest in the forest-steppe zone of the Russian Federation. The total area of the reserve is 310 km2. The territory is located on the western edge of the Oka-Don Plain and belongs to the forest-steppe zone. It’s really a big island of woody vegetation, surrounded by agricultural lands and settlements. The reserve is largely situated within the Voronezh River valley and includes the floodplain on the left side and the sandy terraces above the floodplain which were formed in the Quaternary. It should be noted that Usmanskiy pine forest does not represent the typical nature of the zone in which it is located, but extrazonal and intrazonal natural complexes. The modern vegetation cover of the reserve is represented by broad-leaved (mainly oak) forests, pine forests, aspen forests, birch forests and alders, as well as wet and dry meadows, various swamps in floodplains of rivers and on terraces. Many species of plants are found on the territory on the northern or southern border of their range.