Materials on the flora of the Vologda region, Russia: the valley of the Luza river and adjacent areas

The article presents the results of studying the flora of the north-eastern part of the Vologda Region (Velikoustyugsky district) during a botanical expedition in the summer of 2024. The flora of the Luza River, its valley and adjacent areas includes total 499 species and intraspecific taxa of vascular plants, of which 309 species were recorded in four specially protected natural areas (landscape reserve (zakaznik) “Palemskiy les”, nature monument “Urochishche «Viktorovskiy bor»”, mire complexes “Boloto Palemskoe” and “Boloto Shilovskoe”). A total 82 regionally rare and protected plant species and intraspecific taxa were found, including 50, requiring scientific monitoring, and 32, listed in the Red Data Book of the Vologda Region: Abies sibirica, Anthyllis vulneraria, Carex capitata, Carex ornithopoda, Carex panicea, Carex pseudocyperus, Carex rhizina, Cenolophium fischeri (protected as C. denudatum), Chaerophyllum bulbosum, Chimaphila umbellata, Corispermum algidum, Cystopteris fragilis, Diphasiastrum tristachyum, Equisetum variegatum (protected as Hippochaete variegata), Euphorbia esula (protected as E. borodinii), Galium rubioides, Glyceria lithuanica, Goodyera repens, Larix sibirica, Lathyrus sylvestris, Melampyrum cristatum, Parasenecio hastatus (protected as Cacalia hastata), Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, Petasites radiatus, Populus nigra, Pulsatilla patens, Pyrola chlorantha, Rubus caesius, Stellaria alsine, Ulmus glabra, Vaccinium microcarpum (protected as Oxycoccus microcarpus), Viola hirta.