State and use of plant resources of the Stavropol territory

This article says that in the Stavropol Territory, a diverse vegetation cover, which is rich in various plant species, 2450 species of higher vascular plants grow wild within its borders. The reason for the diversity of vegetation is explained by the place of its position in the latitudinal zone of the steppes, here the plants of European forests, West Asian semi-deserts, and Near-Asian upland deserts also penetrate. Due to the peculiarities of the terrain and the local climate, there has been its own center of species formation for a long time.