Invasive species in the flora of the Starobilsk grass-meadow steppe (Ukraine)

• Authors: Oksana O. Kucher
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The results of an investigation of the invasive species in the flora of the Starobilsk grass-meadow steppe are presented. Check-list of alien plant has over 386 species of vascular plants of which 28 species are invasive. We have identified 6 transformer species from the invasive plants. We aggregate data on the entry, distribution history, ecology, occurrence in different plant communities, degree of their naturalization and the habitats where they occur. The leading families of invasive species are: Asteraceae. The basis for this group is presented by origin from the North America and the Mediterranean. With respect to the time of immigration, most of them are kenophytes. By the method of introduction, ksenophytes are dominated; according to the degree of naturalization epoecophytes and agriophytes dominate in this group. With regard to the characteristics of life forms, half of invasive species are terophytes. The vast majority of plants are heliophytes and xeromesophytes. Most species are found in biotopes group I: Cultivated agricultural biotopes; least of all species found in biotopes group F: Biotopes dominated by chamephytes and nanophanerophytes. Only 3 species found in biotopes group F: Biotopes dominated by chamephytesand nanophanerophytes. The maps of distribution of 28 invasive species are provided. Most of the species marked dispersed in more than 30 squares.

Keywords

EN

alien species; plant invasions; Starobilsk grass-meadow steppe; Ukraine

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 11-22

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-06-27

Contributors

author

Oksana O. Kucher

• M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereshchenkivska Str. 2, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/environ-2015-0058