New findings in urban flora of Northern Azov Sea region

Northern Azov is unique region in origin and conditions, which modern flora developed in conditions of active human economic
activities. Anthropogenic transformations have resulted to changes in vegetation cover and wild plant communities are
transformed into synanthropic floral complexes.
The results achieved through our expeditionary studies conducted in 2013-2016 in the Northern Azov (in the administrative
boundaries of the cities Berdyansk, Primorsk (Zaporizhia region), and Genichesk (Kherson region). In total, we founded new
locations for 25 vascular plants: Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb., Apium graveolens L., Arabis recta Vill.,
Aster amellus L., Acalypha australis L., Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt., Oxybaphus nyctagineus (Michx.) Sweet, Bidens
frondosa. L., Ipomoea purpurea (L.), Sedum acre L., Clematis vitalba L., Scilla siberica Haw., Zea majus L., Philadelphus
coronarius L., Robinia viscosa Vent., Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, Nigella damascena L., Convallaria majalis L., Rubus
anatolicus (Focke) Focke ex Hausskn., Ricinus communis L., Lablab purpureus L., Chrysanthemum segetum L., Gaillardia
pulchella Foug., Antirrhinum majus L., Tagetes patula L. In addition, we provided a brief description of their habitats and
described new locations for new and previously marked aboriginal, alien, and cultivated plants that are capable of savagery for
Northern Azov flora. Among all annotated species the significant proportion are the alien species that fall out of cultivation.