Assessment of the state of vegetation cover of the central part of the Kur-Araz lowland

Gasimova Khatira H., Abdiyeva Rena T., Ali-zade Valida M.

An assessment of the vegetation covers of the central part of the Kur-Araz lowland taking into account the indicators of species richness and hemerobia was carried out. In the study area, 13 characteristic types of communities were identified. On the basis of the collected field material, it was established that ephemeral, shrub, forest communities, as well as communities of the sides of railway tracks and fallows, are characterized by the greatest species diversity. The calculated values of the apophytization index indicate that in pasture communities these indicators are significantly lower than in wetlands and higher than in communities located in the area of direct human impact (in shrub, hollow-meadow, roadsides, railways, channels and fallow lands).

Keywords:Kur-Araz lowland, vegetation, communities, transformation, species composition, biodiversity, hemerobia.