Materials for the flora and vegetation cover of the mires of the Kursk and Belgorod regions

The article presents the results of a botanical and geoecological study of the mires of the Kursk and Belgorod regions. 219 plant species were noted, of which vascular - 202, mosses - 16, macroalgae - 1. The most common species are: Lysimachia vulgaris , Phragmites australis , Carex acuta , Salix cinerea , Solanum dulcamara , Lycopus europaeus , Lythrum salicaria , Typha latifolia , Galium palustre , Stachys palustris . According to the peculiarities of the vegetation cover, mires can be divided into lowland with subtypes: reed, sedge, cattail, black alder, willow, birch-sedge; and transitional with subtypes sedge-sphagnum and birch-sedge-sphagnum. Fens predominate, transitional ones are very rare. Mires in the studied regions are a place of growth of rare plant species and perform the role of biodiversity conservation.