Species composition and morpho-ecological groups of aquatic macrophytes in foothill lakes on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk region, Russia)

Elena Veisberg

doi:10.15560/11.2.1617

Check List 11(2): e19215, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1617

Species composition and morpho-ecological groups of aquatic macrophytes in foothill lakes on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk region, Russia)

Elena I. Veisberg^‡

‡ Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Urals branch, Ilmen State Nature Reserve, Russia

Corresponding author: Elena Veisberg ( veisberg@mineralogy.ru )

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Citation: Veisberg E (2015) Species composition and morpho-ecological groups of aquatic macrophytes in foothill lakes on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk region, Russia). Check List 11(2): 1617. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1617

Abstract

The aquatic macrophyte richness in nine lakes situated in the Chelyabinsk region (Russia) was analyzed. These lakes represent the foothill group, located on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals range. A total of 89 species belonging to 49 genera and 35 families were recorded. The species list includes 40 submerged rooted hydrophytes, 23 hygro-helophytes, 13 helophytes, 6 rooted hydrophytes with floating leaves, 4 free submerged hydrophytes and 3 free floating hydrophytes.

Keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; species composition; morpho-ecological groups; foothill lakes; Southern Urals, Russia