Vegetation and flora in especcially protected natural territory “Kotelnichskaya poimennaya dubovaya roshcha”

The paper presents the results of study the “Kotelnichskaya poimennaya dubovaya roshcha” (Kotelnich flood-plain oak grove) regional protected area. Species diversity of the territory was investigated; complex ecological flora analyses of the especially protected natural territory (EPNT) were conducted; types of plant communities of the territory are defined. It was defined that the flora of the studied EPNT is presented by 139 vascular plant species from 49 families, that makes 9,5% of total natural flora of Kirov oblast. The flora of the studied EPNT is characterized by predomination of boreal elements with presence of plurizonal numeral and boreal-nemoral species.