Plants included in the Red Book of the Rostov Region. Rare and endangered plant species of the Rostov Region

The Red Book is a document officially recognized all over the world containing information about animals and plants that need special protection of the state. Such a list can have international, national or regional significance. Lists containing representatives of flora and fauna that are endangered are in every state and region. In this article will be considered species of plants listed in the regional Red Book of the city of Rostov and the region.

How the Red Book of Russia was created

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Russia as a separate independent power, the question arose about the need to issue the state Red Book. In this edition, it was necessary to list the endangered species of plants, mushrooms and animals, collecting information from all corners of the country. The basis for the creation of this document was the Red Book of the RSFSR. Control over the process of issuing such a list was entrusted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation. This institution created a government commission on rare species of fauna and flora, which at that time were threatened with extinction.

The first issue of the Russian Red Book was published in 2001. The publication included 860 pages of descriptions, color illustrations and photographs of all the plants and animals that need to be protected in it.

Description of the Red Data Book of Rostov and the Region

The Red Book of Rostov and the Region is a collection of descriptions, illustrated images and photographs of animals, plants and mushrooms that are on the verge of extinction. In 2003, the administration of the Rostov region approved the list as an official document by an appropriate resolution. This list is a regional version of the Red Data Book of Russia. It contains information on the current state and ways to protect representatives of the flora and fauna that permanently or periodically inhabit the territorial boundaries of the Rostov region.

Currently, this list includes 579 species of endangered wildlife, of which 256 are animals, 44 are fungi and 279 are plants listed in the Red Data Book of the Rostov Region. Below, rare and endangered representatives of the flora of this region will be examined.

Tulip Bieberstein

Habitat of this plant is the steppe slopes, meadows, fringes and forest canopies. This tulip has a greenish-yellow bud that crowns a thin leg surrounded by two linear sheets. The height of the stem can reach 40 centimeters.

This representative of the flora is a perennial plant. Its bulb is ovoid in shape and reaches two centimeters in diameter. The shell of this underground part of the stem is colored black. She's poisonous.

Tulip Biberstein blooms one drooping yellow bud, which is widely revealed in sunny weather. At night and on cloudy days, its petals are tightly compressed. This plant has a biological feature - it changes the mother bulb every year. Thanks to this, the tulip develops new places. The beauty of such a representative of the flora has led to the fact that this flower can disappear.

In addition to the tulip Biberstein, there are other plants listed in the Red Data Book of the Rostov Region. For example, thin-leafed peony.

Peony finelygreen

Thin-leaved peony is one of the most beautiful flowers growing in the steppe. Also this representative of the flora grows on the fringes of deciduous forests.

Such a plant can reach a height of 50 centimeters. Its bud is located on the stem, which is covered with triple leaves. The flower blossoms in May and can have a color from red to rich raspberry. Bright petals surround the core, in which are located yellow anthers and stamens of purple color. Completes flowering this representative of the flora in mid-July.

In the people such a plant is also called "crow", or "azure flower". About it is composed of many legends and legends. Currently, peony thin-leafed - a rare plant. It is noted in the Red Book of the city of Rostov and the region. This disappearing representative of the flora is included in its corresponding section.

The Red Book includes other species of plants, among which it is possible to distinguish a darkwife.

Darkwalker

This plant is considered one of the most beautiful spring flowers. In the beginning, the petals of the Budun Bud are pink, later they turn blue and blue. On the stem is located from three to five flowers, placed close to each other.

A distinctive feature of the medlunitsa is the presence on one plant of buds with petals of different shades. The flowering period of this representative of the flora is April-May.

The plant has leaves oblong pointed shape. A cup of a flower is like a bell. Basal leaves grow in the lungwort after flowering. The habitat of this representative of the flora are deciduous forests and thickets of shrubs. Medunica dark is listed in the regional Red Data Book of Rostov and the region, as are other rare plants of this region, for example, dwarfish.

Kasatik dwarfish

This plant belongs to the short-stemmed herbaceous perennials. The height of its stem can be from 10 to 15 centimeters. Kasatik has a thickened rhizome, which forms turfs with twisted shoots.

The leaves of the plant have a linear shape and are 6-10 centimeters in length and 3-10 millimeters in width. They grow from the rhizome, painted in a bluish color. On the stem there is one flower, which can be purple, blue, yellow or white.

Kasatik dwarf grows mainly in steppe areas, preferring a light and loose soil cover. Observe the flowering of this representative of the flora in April-May.

Kasatik dwarfish - a vanishing species of representatives of the flora. There are also other plants listed in the Red Book of the Rostov Region. More details will be considered below. Such endangered plants include, for example, a thin slat, a long perennial or Schröck's tulip.

A long perennial

This plant has a feature that distinguishes it from other representatives of the flora. If the charcoal is dried for many years, it will not turn black or green like most plants, but will acquire a blue tint. This unusual property of the flower is explained by the presence in it of a special substance. While the plant lives, it has a habitual green color. But if he dies, this substance is oxidized, and the charlatan perennial turns blue.

The flowering period of this plant falls on April-May. Blooming buds are small and unattractive. The leaves on the stem have an elongated oval shape and are arranged in pairs, one opposite the other.

Prolechnik long-term loves moisture and mineral-rich soil. This plant can often be found in oak forests. It is listed in the Red Data Book of Rostov and the region, as are other rare plants of this region.

Tulip Shrenka

This plant is a wild type of tulips. During the flowering period, the steppe and semidesert territory, where this representative of the flora lives, is covered with a flower carpet, painted in several shades at once. Buds can be yellow, lilac, red, tender pink, purple and even white.

The name of such a tulip was in honor of the famous botanist Schrenk. This flower reaches a height of 15-40 centimeters. He has a large bowl-shaped bud, the petals of which are brightly colored. A few dark-green leaves with an elongated shape are located near the stem.

Currently, the tulip Shrenka is listed in the Red Book of Rostov and the region, because it is on the verge of extinction. The main reason for this - plowing virgin lands, uncontrolled grazing, industrial pollution of the soil. But most of all the gradual disappearance of the plant is affected by the human factor.

Conclusion

The Red Data Book of the Rostov Region is an annotated list of endangered species of plants, mushrooms and animals of this region. These representatives of flora and fauna are protected by the state. Thanks to this, there remains hope for the resumption of populations of these endangered species.

Disappearing plants listed in the Red Data Book of the Rostov Region can be saved. This will be possible if people take care of nature. Only in this case mankind in the future will be able to forget what the Red Book is.