Biodiversity of plants of the specially protected area "Duck swamp”

The field survey of the vegetation cover of the protected landscape of local importance "Duck swamp" (Kirov district of Perm) conducted in the summer field season of 2018 allowed to characterize the biodiversity of plants of this protected area, located among residential buildings. The vegetation complex is represented by lowland willow-sedge swamp, pine forest and meadow-weed-ruderal groups. The species composition of the latter two includes both native, and adventive, cultivated and invasive plant species. 184 species of vascular plants belonging to 135 genera and 50 families, including one species included in the Annex to the red book of the Perm region, were identified on the territory of protected areas. About a third of all species recorded in protected areas are alien.