Wild food plants of southeastern Sakhalin island

Wild food plants of the southeastern part of the island Sakhalin are diverse in terms of species composition and ecological groups. The article presents 98 species of wild food plants belonging to 73 genera and 41 families. Among them there are woody (34 species), semi-woody (3 species), herbaceous (57 species) plants and lianas (4 species). Most species of wild plants belong to heliophytes (60 species) in relation to light and mesophytes (72 species) in relation to moisture. The Red Book of the Sakhalin Region includes 7 species of food plants in the southeastern region of the island Sakhalin (7,1% of the total number of wild plants), 4 of which are included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.