Vascular plants of the chalk outcrops of the northern part of the Aydar River basin

We carried out 17 releves on chalk outcrops and chalk steppe areas. We also compiled a list of species common to slopes of different aspect.
The distribution of the species points was recorded using Garmin eTrex Vista HCx GPS navigator.
As a result, a list of vascular plant species was compiled for the first time for these sites.
We proposed the creation of a botanical reserve of local importance near the village of Sharivka (Borovyk, Sova, 2015).

We carried out 17 releves on chalk outcrops and chalk steppe areas. We also compiled a list of species common to slopes of different aspect.

After digitizing the data, we harmonised the taxonomic information according to the nomenclature sources: for vascular plants ““Vascular Plants of Ukraine. A Nomenclatural Checklist” - (Mosyakin & Fedoronchuk 1999) . Then we used GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (GBIF species matching tool: https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) for the taxonomic check and implemented minor corrections of species names regarding misprints and problematic taxa to avoid misinterpretation. We additionally checked and verified the header data of vegetation plots (Event Core and GBIF Relevé Extension, Occurrence Extension) using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/) and QGIS 3.38 (https://qgis.org) for quality control.