Records of vascular plants of Studenyky rural territorial community on September 8, 2024 (Kyiv Region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The dataset contains the locations of vascular plants recorded during 08.09.2024 in Central Ukraine in the Forest-Steppe zone. The study area is located in the valley of the Trubizh River. This area belongs to the Studenyky rural territorial community of Boryspil District, Kyiv Region.

Sampling

This dataset was prepared as part of a study of the territory adjacent to the Studenykіvskyi Regional Landscape Park with a view to expanding it. Out of the 5 sites, one (oak forest) is located directly within the RLP, while the other 4 are in its vicinity. In the vicinity of the park, there are valuable natural ecosystems that need to be preserved: psammophytic steppe areas, meadows, marshes, wet shrubs and wet forests, pine plantations, water bodies, etc. We propose to add them to the reserve. For each site, a list of vascular plant species was compiled using the Vegapp app (S. Schmidtlein, www.vegapp.de). Vegapp is an Android app for collecting vegetation data in sample plots. Particular attention was paid to the distribution of protected species. For each species, the frequency of occurrence was assessed on a five-point scale.

Quality Control

Some specimens of the vascular plants 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 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.

223 taxa names of vascular plants

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

Boryspil District, Kyiv Region, Ukraine