ECOLOGICAL-COENOTIC ANALYSIS OF FLORA OF PROTECTED PLANTS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA

Abstract

A review is presented of the ecological-coenotic structure of the flora of protected plants in the South of Russia. Types of vegetation and item plant association are differentiated and characterized, the position of the correct species in the total spectrum analyses is determined, and belonging of endemic and relict species to different types of vegetation is established. Apart from the conclusion about the predominance of desert and steppe types of vegetation, it is shown that correct species exhibit a high percentage among the protected types and a high degree of saturation by endemic and relict species, an increase in the number of endemics being accompanied by a decrease in mesophytic species of plant associations.