The floristic differentiation of microhabitats within kurgans in the desert steppe zone of southern Ukraine
Journal: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
Year: 2011

Results of the studies on the floristic biodiversity of the kurgans in the Pontic desert steppe of the Black Sea Lowland (Kherson Region) are presented. Twenty-six of about 130 kurgans higher than 3 m, distributed over an area of approx. 1500 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, were surveyed and the flora of 5 microhabitats within every kurgan (top, southern and northern slope, southern and northern foot) was examined. The richness of the kurgan flora is estimated at 305 species. Species of alien origin