In the Krasnodar Territory, examining the slopes of Mount Shize, scientists discovered one of the rarest plants – the Sternberg Dove, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Friday.
The flowers of this plant are dry years grow underground, it is extremely rare to see them on the surface.
“ When in 2007 I was preparing the first Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory for publication, I had to paint this species, '' said the head of the environmental commission of the Krasnodar regional branch of the Geographical Society Russian Professor Svetlana Litvinskaya.
According to her, specialists had to travel three years in the habitat of this plant in order to still capture its flowering in the photo. The expert added that columbus sternbergia in the region is also found in the steppe section of the coastal area of the Sudzhuk Lagoon Natural Monument.
Specialists from the environmental commission of the regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society studied the flora of Mount Shize north of the Caucasus Main Range on behalf of Kuban Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
The purpose of the expedition is to justify the creation of a specially protected natural area in these places.
According to scientists, about 20 plant species listed in the red data books of the Russian Federation and the Krasnodar Territory.
Earlier it was reported that & nbsp; Bashkir shikhan Kushtau has been awarded the status of a Specially Protected Natural Area of Regional Importance. The mountain is declared a natural monument in order to preserve rare species of plants, animals, as well as unique natural landscapes.