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About 60% of the worlds peat resources are found in Russia where Peatlands cover an area of 570,000km². A variety of peatland types are found including large oligotrophic peatlands found around lakes, in watersheds and former kettle holes; eutrophic peat deposits usually cover smaller areas. Peatlands have been utilised for a variety of purposes including fuel and chemical production (5%); agriculture (12%); forestry (7%) and peat production (11%). Protected reserves account for 63% of the peatland area.
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The communities of Typha angustifolia L. are typical
for wetland vegetation of the Left-Bank Dnieper Area, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Lake Svityaz, Shatskiy national park, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Iris pseudacorus L. is a typical species of the wetland
vegetation of the Left-Bank Dnieper Area, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Calla palustris L. is a rare spiecies found in sphagnum
bogs, Khmelnizhkij region, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Sagittaria sagitifolia L. and Hippuris lanceolata
Retz. are growing on the river shoal of the Left-Bank Dnieper
Area, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Butomus umbrellatus L. s a typical species on the
river banks of the Left-Bank Dnieper Area, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Drosera anglica Huds. is a rare spiecies found in
the sphagnum bogs of the Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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The preserved wild landscape of Kotove in the Poltava region
is the only place where relic species Equisetum telmateia
Ehrh. can be found within the Left- Bank Forest-Steppe of
Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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The population of rare relic fern Matteucia struthiopteris
(L.) Tod. in Alneta glutinosae formation is found
in the Poltava region, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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The boggy comunities of islands reserve of the Middle Dnieper
Region, Ukraine, where fern Thelypteris palustris Schott
is dominating. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soo is protected on the
reserve wetland Left-Bank Dnieper Area, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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Wetland vegetation of the lower course of the Vorskla river
in the Poltava region, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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The population of relic species Trapa natans L. s.l.
is protected on the shoal of the landscape reservate Bilezhkivsky
plavny, Poltava region, Ukraine. Copyright Dr. O.M. Bajzac 1999. |
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A hanging bog near Pochapenci village, Khmel'kye'ka region,
Ukraine. Copyright L.G. Lyubinska 1999. |
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River Smotzyck near the town of Kamenec-Podilsky, Khmel'kye'ka
region, Chemezovec'kyi district. Copyright L.G. Lyubinska 1999. |