<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dzharylhach Island is the largest one in the Black Sea. It is the part of the “Dzharylhatskyi” National Nature Park, which located in the Southern Ukraine. A 1 : 10000 scale vegetation map of Dzharylhach Island has been developed. The main unit for mapping is a complex of associations. In total 28 of such complexes were identified. The map shows the territorial differentiation of vegetation. It has also been used to reconstruct the island vegetation changes over the past 90 and 20 years. A comparison of cartographic materials revealed that the predominant processes in vegetation cover are halophytization and xerophytization of communities. The most distributed types of communities on the island are aquatic – <italic>Zosteretea</italic>, halophytic – <italic>Festuco-Puccinellietea</italic> and psammophytic – <italic>Festucetea vaginatae</italic>. Due to specific hydrological and soil conditions, the northern spit and shores of the island represent natural vegetation types only.</p></abstract>

Dzharylhach Island is the largest one in the Black Sea. It is the part of the “Dzharylhatskyi” National Nature Park, which located in the Southern Ukraine. A 1 : 10000 scale vegetation map of Dzharylhach Island has been developed. The main unit for mapping is a complex of associations. In total 28 of such complexes were identified. The map shows the territorial differentiation of vegetation. It has also been used to reconstruct the island vegetation changes over the past 90 and 20 years. A comparison of cartographic materials revealed that the predominant processes in vegetation cover are halophytization and xerophytization of communities. The most distributed types of communities on the island are aquatic – Zosteretea, halophytic – Festuco-Puccinellietea and psammophytic – Festucetea vaginatae. Due to specific hydrological and soil conditions, the northern spit and shores of the island represent natural vegetation types only.

Vegetation mapping of the Dzharylhach Island (Ukraine)

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Dzharylhach Island is the largest one in the Black Sea. It is the part of the “Dzharylhatskyi” National Nature Park, which located in the Southern Ukraine. A 1...

Vegetation mapping of the Dzharylhach Island (Ukraine)

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 163 - 172

Received: Jan 21, 2021

Accepted: Sep 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2021-0021

Keywords
vegetation map, disappearance of plant communities, changes of vegetation

© 2022 Anastasia Davydova, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Vegetation mapping of the Dzharylhach Island (Ukraine)

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 163 - 172

Received: Jan 21, 2021

Accepted: Sep 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2021-0021

Keywordsvegetation map, disappearance of plant communities, changes of vegetation

© 2022 Anastasia Davydova, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
vegetation map, disappearance of plant communities, changes of vegetation