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Rare flowers found in the Chernobyl zone
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The plants found during the expedition are included in the Red Data Books of Ukraine and Belarus as invaluable.
In the Chernobyl Nature Reserve, rare Red Book plants were discovered that appear in the forests by the end of April – early May. This was announced on Tuesday, May 5, on the Facebook page. Chernobyl Reserve.
On the page on the social network it is written that during a botanical expedition they found – Meadow dream Pulsatilla pratensis (another name is Blackish Dream, Blackened Dream Pulsatilla nigricans) and Opened Dream, or broad-leaved Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill.
“These plants are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus as invaluable. Broad-leaved sleep is also listed in the Appendix to the 1979 Berne Convention as a species that is subject to special protection,” the experts say.
It is known that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has assigned these plants to the IV protection category. Both species are important as objects of species biodiversity.
“These flowers are found in the Reserve in pine forests and on the edges and bloom in late April – early May. The meadow lumbago blooms simultaneously with the appearance of leaves. The number of both types of sleep-grass decreases due to human activity – plowing, grazing, picking flowers and so on. like that, “the scientists say.
Recall that in the Chernihiv region in the nature park “Beremytskoe” the descendants of the tours returned.
Also, in the Chernobyl exclusion zone near the nuclear power plant for the first time we noticed a red-throated loon, rare for Ukraine.
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