On the flora and vegetation of the natural monument “Serikkul Mire” (the Republic of Bashkortostan)
Elvira Z. Baisheva, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher
Ufa Institute of Biology — Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of RAS, Ufa, Russia, elvbai@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0002-012X
Albert A. Muldashev, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher
Ufa Institute of Biology — Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of RAS, Ufa, Russia, muldashev_ural@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-4171
Murat K. Ishbulatov, Postgraduate Student
Ufa Institute of Biology — Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of RAS, Ufa, Russia, murat.ishbulatov.98@bk.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4816-9259
Leniza G. Naumova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher
Bashkir State Pedagogical University n. a. M. Akmulla, Ufa, Russia, lg_naumova@rambler.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-0786
Abstract
The results of the study of the flora and vegetation of the paludified forests in the natural monument “Serikkul Mire” (forest-steppe zone of the Bashkir Trans-Urals, Abzelilovo district of the Republic of Bashkortostan) are discussed. The mire was formed as a result of the plant growing of Lake Serikkul, now located in the eastern part of the natural monument. Vegetation is represented by meadowsweet-reed, sedge-fern, sedge-reed black alder and downy birch paludified forests (the alliance Alnion glutinosae Malcuit 1929), which have signs of increased drainage of habitats. 54 species of vascular plants and 26 bryophyte species were revealed, including rare and vulnerable species that require protection and monitoring of the state of population in the Republic of Bashkortostan: Gentianopsis barbata, Ranunculus rioni, Beckmannia sysigachne and Salix pyrolifolia. On the basis of the results of the botanical and geographical analysis, it was found that more than half of the identified flora is represented by species associated with boreal forests, which emphasizes high value of this mire for the conservation of biodiversity in the forest-steppe zone. This natural monument is of significant interest for monitoring the vegetation of forest-steppe peatlands in the context of climate change.
Key words
Flora of mires, plant communities, black alder forests, natural monument, the Bashkir Trans-Urals.
Acknowledgments: The study was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Ufa Institute of Biology of UFRC RAS on the topic “Analysis and forecast of the complex impact of anthropogenic factors and climatic changes on the vegetation cover of the Southern Urals region” (no. 123020800001-5). The authors express their sincere gratitude to P. S. Shirokikh for the provided photographs
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Baisheva E. Z., Muldashev A. A., Ishbulatov M. K., Naumova L. G. On the flora and vegetation of the natural monument “Serikkul Mire” (the Republic of Bashkortostan). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2025, no. 4 (56), pp. 6—20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.56.1.
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