SOSOPHYTES AND HABITATS OF THE KARACHUNY TRACT (DNIPROPETROVSK REGION)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/1998-6475.2026.60.15Keywords:
Karachuny tract, Inhulets River, Dnipropetrovsk region, biotopesAbstract
The Karachuny tract is located in the valley of the Inhulets River, in the Central City District of the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region. It occupies an area of about 38 hectares and is 2.2 km long, including the floodplain of the Inhulets River and two flooded granite quarries on both banks of the river. According to modern geobotanical zoning, the tract is located within the Buz-Dniprovsk (Kryvyi Rih) district of mixed herbaceous-cereal steppes, bayrach forests and vegetation of granite outcrops.The tract presents various floristic complexes - forest, shrub, meadow, swamp, aquatic, psammophyte-steppe, true-steppe, salt marsh and synatropic. The importance of this territory also lies in the fact that here are widespread almost extinct in the region of mixed grass-sedge-feather steppes with a complex of rare species of plants and animals. The aim of the study was to determine the floristic composition of the Karachuny tract, identify rare plant species and main habitat types. Field studies were conducted in 2016-2024. The studied area is the Karachunivski Granites geological natural monument, extending from the Karachunivski Reservoir dam to the automobile bridge behind the village of KDZ.On both sides of the drainage channel from the Karachuniv Reservoir on the Ingulka River, in the form of picturesque rocks with rapids and small waterfalls, gray and pinkish-gray plagiogranites and plagiomigmatites of the Ingulka Complex of the Upper Archean are exposed.The tract represents the Emerald Network of the Dnipropetrovsk region – site "Valley of the Middle Ingulets" UA0000310 and "Basin of the Saksagan River" UA0000406. There is no protection regime at all. Sozophytes of the Karachuny tract are represented by 32 species: 8 species of the Red Book of Ukraine, 31 regionally rare species, and 1 species new to the flora of Ukraine.18 classes and 70 types of habitats were identified on the territory of the tract: 59 natural and 11 types of synanthropic biotopes.The significant aesthetic, environmental and recreational value of the tract allows us to assess the territory as promising for the creation of a natural reserve fund object of local importance - the landscape reserve of local importance "Karachunivski Granites".
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