Moscow School 626 Environmental Project Cherish What You

Moscow School #626 Environmental Project Cherish What You Have The authors of the project: Guseinsade Rahil – Class 10 Nesmelov Daniil - Class 10 Project supervisors: Prokhorova N. A (the teacher of the English language)

Relevance In 1991 the Kotlovka river valley was declared a natural monument The floodplain of the Kotlovka river is included in the boundaries of the landscape reserve called "The valley of the river Kotlovka". Now the question is about giving it the status of especially protected natural territories of regional value.

The Goal of the Project The Objectives of the Project Studying plant species and 1. Identifying rare species of diversity of plant communities plants. represented in the national park 2. Drawing public attention to “The Valley of the river the need of preserving this Kotlovka” and finding out rare area. species. 3. Creating handout for school lessons of Biology, Ecology, Geography and English while studying themes "Ecological issues of the native area and ways of coping with them”

Hypothesis Showing the uniqueness of the nature Park "the Valley of the river Kotlovka", we would draw attention of Muscovites to the necessity of careful attitude to the area. As for the effectiveness of any conservation measures it is largely dependent on the ecological education and ecological culture of the population, including the younger generation.

Brief Description of the Study Area The floodplain of the river Kotlovka - 1, 8 km between Nakhimovsky Prospekt and Remizov street. It is the third largest tributary of the right river bank of the Moscow river. The river is full of rapids with very fast current. The river is rocky, rarely sandy or muddy. It’s full length is 9, 5 km. garages Furniture factory The Korobkovsky Orchard Founded in 1880 the garden is famous for rare grades of fruit trees and berry bushes. Gas Station Nahimovsky prospect

The Results of the Study In the floodplain of the river Kotlovka the following plant communities were described : willows (1), forest vegetation (2), floodplain swamp (6), riparian woody vegetation (3, 4, 7) and meadows (5). 1. willows 2. oak trees 3. birches 4. alders and birches 5. meadows 6. floodplain swamps 7. larches

Early Blossoming Plants Anemonoides ranunculoides It has been discovered: 4 ephemeroids species - The Yellow anemone, The Fumewort, The Lesser celandine, The Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem ; 3 rare species - The Cowslip, The Unspotted lungwort, The Heath dog-violet ; 2 ephemeroids species - The Western marsh orchid, The Eearly marsh-orchid (2 -3 Red List category) Corydalis solids Gágea lútea Ranunculus ficaria Primula veris Pulmonaria obscura Víola canína Ásarum europaéum Dactylorhiza incarnata Dactylorhiza baltica Polygonatum multiflorum

The Research Methods and Red List Categories Routing method: the research way on detection of early spring blossoming plants. Group divisions according to their frequency of occurrence: found frequently and abundantly, found moderately and found seldom IUCN Red List Categories Russia Red List Categories

The Research Methods The studies were conducted in 5 zones at the 2 sites each. There were investigated 10 sites. The size of the study site was 10 m X 10 m, S= 100 m 2. The floristic accounting of the investigated area was limited to using rope and stakes. Eye treatment of abundance was conducted on O. Drude scale. Data were entered into a table and calculated the average value of the indicators.

Species of plants in Latin, English, Frequency of Russian occurrence Anemone ranunculoides The Yellow anemone Ветреница лютичная Corydalis solida The Fumewort Хохлатка плотная Pulmonaria obscura The Unspotted lungwort Медуница неясная Primula veris The Cowslip Первоцвет весенний Ficaria verna The Lesser celandine Чистяк весенний Gagea lutea The Yellow Starof-Bethlehem Гусиный лук Viola canina The Heath dog-violet Moderately Life form geophytes frequently Moderately geophytes frequently rarely hemicryptophyte Places of occurrence The slopes of the Korobkovsky ravine along the garden boundary, right bank IUCN Red List Russia Red List Categories Near threatened 3 (NT) Along the garden boundary, right Near threatened bank (NT) Larch plot in southern part Near threatened 3 3 (NT) rarely Moderately hemicryptophyte geophytes frequently single geophytes Фиалка собачья Asarum europaeum Moderately The European wild ginger frequently Near threatened southern part (NT) 3 The slopes of the Korobkovsky ravine Least concern (LC) along the garden boundary frequently Moderately The slope over the collector in hemicryptophyte The slopes of the Korobkovsky Least ravine along the garden boundary concern (LC) The slope over the collector in Least southern part concern (LC) The valley bog in the southern Endangered (EN) 2 Near threatened 3 Копытень европейский Dactylorhiza majalis rarely geophytes The Western marsh orchid part Пальчатокоренник балтийский Dactylorhiza incarnate The Eearly marsh-orchid rarely geophytes The valley bog in the southern part (NT)

Conclusions 1. The floristic description of early flowering plants has been compiled and their abundance assessed. 2. Rare species of flowering plants have been identified and five vegetation communities showing their natural diversity have been characterized. 3. There has been drawn public attention to the natural monument "the Valley of the river Kotlovka“ providing local people with posters, articles in the local press and social media, speeches in front of the youth organization green patrol. .