List of vascular plants for the Mountain Shoria (Kemerovo Oblast)
So far there have not been any special works devoted to the whole flora of the Mountain Shoria. This region is located in the south of Kemerovo Oblast between southern spurs of the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Salair. The climate of the Mountain Shoria differs from the rest of Kemerovo Oblast by greater humidity. The major portion of the precipitation falls in summer. Average annual rates of temperature are close to negative values. According to geobotanical zoning by A.V. Kuminova the study area refers to Kondoma-Mrassu mountain taiga district. The material presented in this paper was obtained as a result of long-term field study of the authors. The published data is also taken into consideration. In the paper number of genera and number of species were indicated for each family, types of habitats, species occurrence and single locations were cited. Floristic diversity of study area is 977 species of vascular plants belonging to 115 families and 431 genera. The richest families and genera were revealed. 24 families include 10 or more species. They cover 749 species or 76,6% of total species composition of the study area. 44 plants for Kemerovo Oblast and 119 plants for the Mountain Shoria were registered for the first time, including 5 new found rare species for the region. The grouping of rare and endangered species in accordance with basic types of habitats was provided. There are 12 protected species in high-mountain communities. It was proposed to append this list by taxa for the first time recorded for Kemerovo Oblast: Trifolium eximium, Gastrolychnis tristis and Aconitum leucostomum. The territory of Kemerovo Oblast, namely the Mountain Shoria, is a unique refuge of tertiary vegetation, which remained the largest in Siberia formation of broad-leaved forests of Tilia sibirica. Also taiga forests, the most widely spread in Kemerovo Oblast, are of great interest. 23 species are subject to protection in these communities. Some of them occur only in forest communities of the Mountain Shoria for the whole territory of Kemerovo Oblast. In other types of communities - meadows, aquatic habitats and wetlands - 17 rare plant species were recorded. The following species are found only in the Mountain Shoria: Scripus validus, Campanula bononiensis and Physochlaina physaloides. Petrophyte groups on rocky outcrops along the banks of Mrassu and Condoma rivers include a large number of rare species and are quite unique for taiga zone. The neighborhood Spassk city (headstream of Kondoma river), Katunskaya griva cliff (middle flow of Kondoma river), upper and middle flow of Mrassu river are most interesting on this point. The total number of rare species in these communities is 12.