Scientific publications

The article provides information on new records of red-listed vascular plant species made in the Dzhegutinsky floristic district in 2024-2025. In total, 26 taxa listed in the Red Data Books of the Russian Federation, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and the Krasnodar Krai were identified in the Bolshe and Baranakha massifs, which belong to the Urup and Bolshoy Zelenchuk river catchments. Two species (Anacamptis coriophora (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase and Dracocephalum ruyschiana L.) were encountered in the flora of the Dzhegutinsky floristic district for the first time. Eight species are new for the Baranakha and Bolshe massifs, and the presence of 16 species in these massifs was confirmed. Two taxa of the Orchidaceae family are red-listed in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic with category 1 (endangered species): Anacamptis coriophora was previously known in the region from a single locality in the Teberda River valley; Neotinea ustulata (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase was previously recorded in the district in the Dautsky Nature Reserve and on the Skalisty (Rocky) Range, in the eastern part of the Dzhegutinsky District of Karachay-Cherkessia. Of the 26 recorded taxa, 7 are listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, 15 in the Red Data Book of Karachay-Cherkessia, and 23 in the Red Data Book of the Krasnodar Krai. The research findings add to our knowledge of the distribution of protected species in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.