2023 Ecosystem Transformation 6 (5), 65-76

The Trans-Siberian Flora at the border of continents (section Perm – Kungur)

Galkina M.A.  , Vinogradova Yu.K., Stogova A.V., Tokhtar V.K., Zelenkova V.N., Tretyakov M.Yu., Kurskoy A.Yu.

The Trans-Siberian Railway connects Europe and Asia making the flora at this intersection of particular interest. When studying five railway stations and several spans of Perm Krai, 134 species of vascular (19 woody and 115 herbaceous) plants were identified. For comparison of local floras of the regions located along the Trans-Siberian Railway and adjacent to Perm Krai, we used the Sørensen’s similarity coefficient. The Perm section (Perm – Kungur) showed the best flora similarity with the European one and by the aboriginal fraction – with the West Siberian site.

M. A. Galkina
N.V. Tsitsin Main Moscow Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, research scientist
Ul. Botanicheskaya 4, Moscow, 4127276 Russia

PhD in Biology
mawa.galkina@gmail.com

Yu. K. Vinogradova
N.V. Tsitsin Main Moscow Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, leading research scientist
Ul. Botanicheskaya 4, Moscow, 4127276 Russia

Doctor of Science in Biology

A. V. Stogova
N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Botanicheskaya 4, Moscow, 127276 Russia


V. K. Tokhtar
Belgorod State University
ul. Pobedy 85, Belgorod, 308015 Russia


V. N. Zelenkova
Belgorod State University
ul. Pobedy 85, Belgorod, 308015 Russia


M. Yu. Tretyakov
Belgorod State University
ul. Pobedy 85, Belgorod, 308015 Russia


A. Yu. Kurskoy
Belgorod State University
ul. Pobedy 85, Belgorod, 308015 Russia

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