Lake Beloe (white) - Komsomolsk district specially protected natural areas of Ivanovo region

Article devoted to specially protected area of local level - «Lake Beloe (White)». The lake is located in 2 kilometers to the west of Butovo village and 8 kilometers of Pistsovo village of the Komsomolsk district of Ivanovo region. It is an extant lake of large lacustrine-marshy complex the Large Pistsovskoe morass, which was developed by peat extraction. The lake has a mixed origin, the water-erosional processes influenced on the forming of lake. The lake is small, it’s 325 meters of long and 200 meters wide, the square of water surface is 5 hectares. The maximum depth is 4.7 meters, there are shallow sectores of 1-1.5 meters depth. The bathymetric scheme of bottom is presented. The structure of soils and relief of the lake’s banks are briefly characterized. The plant communities of the specially protected natural area are described. To 2018 the flora contains 87 vascular plant species from 5 divisions, 6 classes, 35 families, 59 genera and 11 mosses species. Populations of 5 rare plant species (Eriophorum gracile, Salix lapponum, Rubus chamaemorus, Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, Utricularia minor), included in the Red Data Book of the Ivanovo region, are characterized. Other rare plants of the protected area are listed. Plant communities of the lake and adjoined wetland area are undisturbed, that’s why only one alien species (Epilobium pseudorubescens) was registered and the protected area is representative. This lake has a great hydrological, protective, recreational, scientific and educational value. Summary square of specially protected natural area is 12.6 hectares.