ON NEWLY DISCOVERED LOCATIONS OF RARE AND PROTECTED SPECIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS ON THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS

Abstract

The new data on the habitats of protected plant species are of interest both from a scientific perspective — for a better understanding of the biology, ecology and, in particular, the distribution of species throughout the country, and from a practical perspective — in the context of their protection. This paper presents data on the new discovered habitats of the protected vascular plant species included in the Fifth edition of the Red Data Book of Belarus, such as: Hydrocotyle vulgaris L., Hedera helix L. (Araliaceae), Najas marina L. s.l. (incl. N. major All.), Najas minor All. (Hydrocharitaceae), Urtica kioviensis Rogow. (Urticaceae), Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich., Cypripedium calceolus L., Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch, Platanthera chlorantha (Cust.) Rchb. (Orchidaceae), Corydalis cava (L.) Schweigg. et Körte (Papaveraceae), Drosera intermedia Hayne (Droseraceae), Potentilla alba L. (Rosaceae), Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville (Apiaceae), Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. (Melanthiaceae), Campanula latifolia L., Campanula cervicaria L. (Campanulaceae), Lunaria rediviva L. (Brassicaceae).The material was collected in 35 administrative districts across all administrative regions of the country. Including in the Brest region: Brestskiy, Kobrinskiy, Maloritskiy, Ivanovskiy, Berezоvskiy, Baranovichskiy, Gancevichskiy, Pruzhanskiy, Stolinskiy districts; in the Gomel region: Lel'chitskiy, Petrikovskiy, Kalinkovichskiy, Rechetskiy, Zhlobinskiy, Svetlogorskiy, Checherskiy, Vetkovskiy, Gomel'skiy, Narovlanskiy districts; in the Grodno region: Grodnenskiy, Mostovskiy, Iv'yevskiy, Korelichskiy, Novogrudskiy, Smorgonskiy districts; in the Vitebsk region: Vitebskiy, Orshanskiy, Tolochinskiy, Dubrovenskiy, Lioznenskiy districts; in the Minsk region: Borisovskiy, Volozhinskiy, Myadel'skiy districts; in the Mogilyov region: Mogilyovskiy, Mstislavskiy, Glusskiy, Osipovichskiy districts. All data presented in the publication are the authorʼs findings. The presented data significantly expand the knowledge about the distribution of a number of protected species
in the country.