Vascular plants and cryptogams of ancient forgotten parks of Kherson region (Ukraine)

Study Extent

Locality of the ancient parks of the Kherson region (Ukraine) in Bekhtery, Novovorontsovka, Novooleksandrivka, Odzhyhol, Oleksiivka, Preobrazhenka, Rozdolne, Stara Zburivka, Chkalove, Chornomorske, Kherson (Kazennyi Sad), Khorly, Arkhangelskyi Forest, Nedogirskyi Forest, Odzhyholskyi Forest, Ivanivskyi Forest, Novodmytrivskyi Forest, Novochornomorskyi Forest, Oleshkivskyi Pine Forest, Reimerskyi Forest.

Sampling

Recording and identification of vascular plants with using road-field methods Measuring the trees' diameter at a height of 1 m 30 cm, we used tape measures to find the trees with the maximum thickness of 100 cm. We used historical data dating back to the time of the planting, data on the growing speed in thickness and transferred the results to other trees by analogy. In addition, to verify the average data in the table, we used Presler cores for hard (oak) and soft (pine, ash) trees and got incomplete cores. The cambial age of trees in 2018 was determined according to (Sweingruber, 1996). Age is defined as the average of several calculated tree ages from different cores. Unfortunately, not all trees could be analyzed by the drilling method, so the age of most old trees was determined by growth tables with a statistical value.

Quality Control

The identification of vascular plant species and cryptogams were 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. Searching of old parks in Kherson Region.
2. Recording and identification of vascular plants and cryptogams.
3. Managment of coordinates.
4. Data post-processing according to the Darwin Core standards.
5. Data checking and cleaning in OpenRefine.

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

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Gnetopsida
   rank: class
4. Liliopsida
   rank: class
5. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class
6. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
7. Bryophyta
   rank: phylum
8. Marchantiophyta
   rank: phylum
9. Fungy
   rank: kingdom
10. Ascomycota
    rank: phylum
11. Basidiomycota
    rank: phylum
12. Mycetozoa
    rank: phylum

Kherson Region.