Grassland habitats of European importance in Ukraine: identification and inventory

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1 Grassland habitats of European importance in Ukraine: identification and inventory Anna Kuzemko National Dendrological Park Sofiyivka NAS of Ukraine 12a Kyivska str., Uman, 20300, Ukraine,

2 Introduction Signing ceremony of the Association Agreements between the EU and Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

3 Introduction Emerald Network biogeographical Seminar for all habitats and species (except birds) for the Continental Region (Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine) and the Pannonian and Alpine Carpathians (Ukraine) CHISINAU, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, MAY 2016 Emerald Network Biogeographical Seminar for all habitats and species (except birds) for the Steppic region (the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine), the Alpine Caucasus (the Russian Federation), the Marine Black Sea (Ukraine, the Russian Federation) and the Marine Caspian Sea KYIV, UKRAINE 6-8 SEPTEMBER 2016

4 Habitat identification

5 Habitat identification Grassland Habitats from the Resolution 4 of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) in Ukraine Code Habitat type STE ALP-Car CON PAN E1.11 Euro-Siberian rock debris swards x х х х E1.12 Euro-Siberian pioneer calcareous sand swards х E1.13 Continental dry rocky steppic grasslands and dwarf scrub on chalk outcrops x E1.2 Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes x х х х E1.3 Mediterranean xeric grassland x E1.71 Nardus stricta swards х х E1.9 Open non-mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland x х E2.2 Low and medium altitude hay meadows x х х х E2.3 Mountain hay meadows х E3.4 Moist or wet eutropic and mesotrophic grassland x х х х E3.5 Moist or wet oligotrophic grassland х х E4.11 Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats х E4.12 Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats х E4.3 Acid alpine and subalpine grassland х E4.4 Calcareous alpine and subalpine grassland х E5.4 Moist or wet tall-herb and fern fringes and meadows x х х х E5.5 Subalpine moist or wet tall-herb and fern stands х E6.2 Continental inland salt steppes x х Total

6 Habitat identification

7 Habitat identification Results of the Project Emerald Network in Ukraine. Creation of the shadow list of Ukraine supported by WWF

8 Habitat identification

9 Habitat identification EUNIS: X : Habitat complexes X?: depressions (pody) of the Steppe zone Species: Plomisscythica,Ferulaeuxina,Phalacrachenainuloides, Allium regelianum Elatine alsinastrum, Damasonium alisma, Elytrigia pseudocaesia, Myddendorfia boristenica

10 Habitat identification EUNIS: X : Habitat complexes X?: karst craters of Crimea Species: Aspleniumruta-muraria, Parietariajudaica, Clypeola microcarpa

11 Habitat identification EUNIS: X : Habitat complexes X?: karst relief elements ( verteby, govdy ) of Western Podillya Species: Dictamnusalbus, Geranium sanquineum, Helictotrichondesertorum, Inulahirta, I. ensifolia, Iris hungarica, Scorsonerapurpurea, Ligulariaglauca, Thalicthrum uncinatum,viola jooi

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13 Habitat identification Absent in Ukraine 129 (55%) Representation of habitats from the Annex I of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Directive) in Ukraine Present in Ukraine 104 (45%) Absent in Ukraine 42 (58%) Present in Ukraine 30 (42%) Habitats total Priority habitats

14 Habitat identification Representation of habitats from the Habitat Directive Annex I in Ukraine FORESTS ROCKY HABITATS AND CAVES 11 3 RAISED BOGS AND MIRES AND FENS 7 5 NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLAND SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB (MATORRAL) 2 11 TEMPERATE HEATH AND SCRUB 7 5 FRESHWATER HABITATS COASTAL SAND DUNES AND INLAND DUNES 8 13 COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS Presentd in Ukraine Absent in Ukraine

15 Habitat identification 6110 Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi 6120 Xeric sand calcareous grasslands 6150 Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands 6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands 6190 Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis) 6210Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facieson calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 6220 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 6230*Species-rich Nardusgrasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountainareas, in continental Europe) Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands 6250 Pannonic loess steppic grasslands Pannonic sand steppes 62C0 Ponto-Sarmatic steppes 6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 6440 Alluvial meadows of river valleys of Cnidion venosi 6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanquisorba officinalis) Mountain hay meadows Grassland Habitats from the Annex I of the Habitat Directive in Ukraine

16 Habitat inventory Distribution of some types of dry herbaceous habitats on the territory of Ukraine (based on Ukrainian Grassland Database)

17 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa(by Interpretation Manual, 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB 6210 Festuco-Brometea Festucetalia valesiacae Brometalia erecti Xerobromion Mesobromion

18 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa(by Interpretation Manual, 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB 6210 Festuco-Brometea Festucetalia valesiacae Brometalia erecti Xerobromion Mesobromion

19 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa(by Interpretation Manual, 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB 6210 Festuco-Brometea Festucetalia valesiacae Brometalia erecti Xerobromion Mesobromion

20 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa(by Interpretation Manual, 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB 6210 Festuco-Brometea Festucetalia valesiacae Brometalia erecti Xerobromion Mesobromion

21 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa(by Interpretation Manual, 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB 6210 Festuco-Brometea Festucetalia valesiacae Brometalia erecti Xerobromion Mesobromion

22 Habitat inventory Code Characteristic species number (total) Characteristic species number (in Ukraine) Number of relevés which contain characteristic species of the habitat type Number of relevés with threshold values of the characteristic species presence: Number of relevés selected manually by a set of criteria

23 Habitat inventory Code Characteristic species number (total) Characteristic species number (in Ukraine) Number of relevés which contain characteristic species of the habitat type Number of relevés with threshold values of the characteristic species presence: Number of relevés selected manually by a set of criteria

24 Habitat inventory Code Characteristic species number (total) Characteristic species number (in Ukraine) Number of relevés which contain characteristic species of the habitat type Number of relevés with threshold values of the characteristic species presence: Number of relevés selected manually by a set of criteria

25 Habitat inventory

26 Habitat inventory Code Syntaxa (by the Interpetation Manual 2007) Number of relevés in UGDB E1.1f Artemisio hololeucae-hyssopion cretacei Euphorbio cretophilae-thymion cretacei 21 20

27 Habitat inventory Code Characteristic species number (total) Characteristic species number (in Ukraine) Number of relevés which contain characteristic species of the habitat type Number of relevés with threshold values of the characteristic species presence: E1.1f Number of relevés selected manually by a set of criteria

28 Habitat inventory Code Characteristic species number (total) Characteristic species number (in Ukraine) Number of relevés which contain characteristic species of the habitat type Number of relevés with threshold values of the characteristic species presence: E1.1f Number of relevés selected manually by a set of criteria

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30 Habitat inventory Training/Workshop Implementation of Habitats Directive Habitats and Plants in Novhorod Siverskiy, Chernihiv Oblast on June, 2016 Training/Workshop Implementation of Habitats Directive Habitats and Plants in Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast on June, 2017

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32 Legislation Prohibit mowing by mechanized means THE LAW OF UKRAINE On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Implementation of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

33 Legislation NNP «Buzky Gard» NNP «Karmeliukove Podillia» «Serebriansky Meadows» reserve NNP «Cheremosky»

34 Jan Šaffer, RastoLašak, YakivDidukh, DmytroDubyna, IllyaChorney, Ivan Moysienko, Viktor Onyshchenko, Roman Kish, Tatiana Dziuba, Svitlana Iemelianova, Denys Vynokurov, Olexiy Vasyliuk, Kateryna Polyanska, Kateryna Borysenko, Dariia Shyriaieva, Viktor Shapoval, VasylBudzhak, AllaTokariuk and others Financial support: EU-funded project Support to Ukraine in approximation of the EU environmental acquis