PROTECTION OF STEPPE PLANTS NEAR THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE AREAL IN MOSCOW REGION
Due to the situation on the border of coniferous-deciduous forests, deciduous forests and steppe, the Moscow Region is characterized by a considerable diversity of flora. Among the species protected in the region, a significant part of them are usual for steppe and forest-steppe, which most widely represented in the south of the region. Over the past decades, a number of species in the region have been lost, however, for some species, the presence was confirmed or found at the first. Steppe species are protected in a number of mostly small specially protected natural areas, often confined to the slopes of river valleys.