MORPHOLOGICAL CRITERIA OF ONTOGENETIC STATUS AND POPULATION STRUTURE OF ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (L.) RICH. ON AZOV BICH OF KERCH PENINSULA (CRIMEA)
Journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Biology Chemistry
Year: 2024

Ecballium elaterium (L.) Rich. is a Mediterranean-Eurasian steppe species with a wide geographic area. In Crimea, the area is disjunctive: the foothills, the southern coast and the Kerch Peninsula. It is listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Crimea [23] with a conservation status of 3. E. elaterium is a well-studied species, but there is no data on the population structure, which is a gap in its study as a protected component of the flora of Crimea. The purpose of this study is to establish