Species of the month
Common Raven (Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Raven is the largest passerine
bird who is known to humans from ancient times. Many if not all birdwatchers
are acquainted with the all-black colour of Ravens’ plumage which glossed
purple and dark blue especially on head, neck and chest. ‘Krook’, the Ukrainian name
of the species, is an onomatopoeic word reflecting typical Raven sound which can
be heard throughout the year.
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News
02/14/2016
New sources on flora and vegetation, lichens, fungi, insects, spiders and molluscs were added to the Library
06/11/2015
Maps of the distribution of chalk steppe in Ukraine were added to Chalk Steppe page.
05/18/2015
New sources were added to the Library at new page on European chalk grasslands.
08/01/2014
A note about Ukrainian chalk steppe and its conservation was published
recently in international online magazine Plant Talk that supports plant
conservation worldwide.
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Flowering
Fern
Purple
Pink
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
Brown
White
Tatarian BreadplantCrambe tataria
Perfoliate Penny-cressThlaspi perfoliatum
Schivereckia mutabilis
Androsace koso-poljanskii
Daphne sophia
Saint-John’s-wort-leaved SpiraeaSpiraea hypericifolia
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
DewberryRubus caesius
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Ground CherryCerasus fruticosa
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Tatarian MapleAcer tataricum
DogwoodSwida sanguinea
Trinia multicaulis
LongleafFalcaria vulgaris
Pimpinella titanophila
Libanotis intermedia
Laser trilobum
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Valeriana rossica
Creamy ScabiousScabiosa ochroleuca
White Swallowwort VincetoxicumVincetoxicum hirundinaria
Plantago urvillei
Ajuga laxmannii
Golden GermanderTeucrium polium
Marrubium praecox
Annual Yellow-woundwortStachys annua
Perennial Yellow-woundwortStachys recta
African SageSalvia aethiopis
Pyrethrum corymbosum
Anthericum ramosum
Allium inaequale
Dwarf SedgeCarex humilis
