Урбанофлора города Костанай

Abstract

The article is concerned with the modern flora of Kostanay, the administrative center of the Kostanay region, located in the north-west of Kazakhstan. As a result of floristic studies, the species composition of the flora, carried out in 2015–2017, was revealed using the route method. The network of routes covered all the main variants of natural and anthropogenic habitats in urban areas. During the research, the taxonomic structure of the flora was analyzed, its adventive and aboriginal fractions were identified. The research found that the flora of Kostanay is represented by 229 species. Their bulk belongs to the department Magnoliophyta (class Magnoliopsida). The largest families are Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae, the largest of which is Artemisia. The aboriginal fraction of the flora of Kostanay is represented by 148 species, and the adventitious fraction is represented by 81 species. On the territory of Kostanay there are 4 species of plants included in the «List of rare and endangered plant species in Kazakhstan» in 2006.