Roadside vegetation of the Left Bank of Ukraine

Study Extent

The dataset consists of record made in terms of preparation of geobotanical descriptions in 2008-2021 on the territory of Left bank of Dnipro River and covers territory of Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad administrative regions of Ukraine.

Sampling

The database of vascular plants includes 2744 records made as a result of preparation of geobotanical releves. The collection of data includes plants that were recorded in geobotanical releves of different types of vegetation: ruderal, meadow-steppe, meadow, coastal-water and forest. Descriptions were performed within the limits of the roadside of roads, field paths and forest tracks (at a distance of up to 10 m from the road). The species were identified according to the Identifier of Vascular Plants of Ukraine, Flora Europaea and agreed with the modern nomenclature (GBiF).

Quality Control

The author is an expert phytocenologist with more than 20 years of experience, mainly with synanthropic communities and anthropogenically disturbed vegetation.

Method steps

1. Fixing the view on the site.
2. Conducting the field study (by car, by foot).
3. Georeferencing.
4. Entering the view into the Turboweg database.
5. Forming the database in Excel with geographic coordinates.
6. Organizing of the dataset according to Darwin Core standards.

The dataset consists of records of vascular plants (Tracheophyta) only.

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
4. Liliopsida
   rank: class
5. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class
6. Pinopsida
   rank: class
7. Asterales
   rank: order
8. Asparagales
   rank: order
9. Alismatales
   rank: order
10. Apiales
    rank: order
11. Boraginales
    rank: order
12. Brassicales
    rank: order
13. Caryophyllales
    rank: order
14. Ceratophyllales
    rank: order
15. Cucurbitales
    rank: order
16. Dipsacales
    rank: order
17. Equisetales
    rank: order
18. Ericales
    rank: order
19. Fabales
    rank: order
20. Fagales
    rank: order
21. Gentianales
    rank: order
22. Geraniales
    rank: order
23. Lamiales
    rank: order
24. Liliales
    rank: order
25. Malpighiales
    rank: order
26. Malvales
    rank: order
27. Myrtales
    rank: order
28. Nymphaeales
    rank: order
29. Oxalidales
    rank: order
30. Pinales
    rank: order
31. Piperales
    rank: order
32. Poales
    rank: order
33. Polypodiales
    rank: order
34. Ranunculales
    rank: order
35. Rosales
    rank: order
36. Santalales
    rank: order
37. Sapindales
    rank: order
38. Saxifragales
    rank: order
39. Solanales
    rank: order
40. Vitales
    rank: order
41. Zygophyllales
    rank: order

The dataset consists of records from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad and Kherson administrative regions of Ukraine.