Nyckyrsa T. Flora of the Hotyns’ka heights (Prut and Dnister interfluer) – analysis, comparative characteristic and conservation

The thesis is devoted to the Hotyns’ka heights flora stock-taking and structure indices studying, its anthropogenic transformation and conservation. The paper presents the history of botanical researches and description of vegetation for dominants classification. By our data the flora of Hotyns’ka heights includes 1125 species of vascular plants which belong to 499 genera, 117 families and 5 divisions. The taxonomy structure, biomorphologic, ecological, coenotic and geographical peculiarities of the studied flora, the processes of flora synantropisation had been analyzed. These researches substantiat that it’s necessary to allocate the Hotyns’ka heights flora as a separate region in the system of the floristical divisions of Ukraine. The facts about sozological value of the diversity of studied flora are given. There are propositions to create several new objects of the natural reserve fund.