Plant species diversity in urban areas of Northwest Siberia

• Published in: Biological Communications
• Main Authors: Koptseva, Elena, Sumina, Olga, Kirillov, Pavel, Egorov, Alexandr, Pechkin, Alexandr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: St Petersburg State University 2021
• Subjects: urban environment; plant diversity; urban functional zones; urban vegetation; Arctic zone of Russian Federation; Arctic; Urengoy; nenets; Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Subarctic; taiga; Yamalo Nenets; Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2021.204; http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32815

The flora of two towns and two settlements in the northern taiga and foresttundra of Northwest Siberia (Russia) are considered. Urban species lists are limited (61–119 vascular plant species) and mainly consist of native species with a predominance of perennial herbs. Various urban functional zones...