Kazantyp Nature Reserve

Kazantypskiy Nature Reserve Kazantypskiy Nature Reserve is a small reserve (4.50sq.km) in the Lenin district in the north of Kerch peninsula (Crimea, Ukraine). The reserve includes both territory of Cape Kazantyp and coast-aquatic-complex. Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve was establіshed in 1998. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. The reserve protects virgin ecosystems of coastal area and also near coastal sea algae communities. The plant communities are mostly associated to the steppe type. Despite its smallness the reserve includes 486 kinds of Crimean vascular plants and over one half of the plants of the Kerch peninsula. The fauna includes birds and off-shore species. Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve іs lіsted among the 138 most valuable areas of Ukraine, defined for the Important Bird Area Programme. According to UNESCO the Cape Kazantуp іs a reserve of international significance. Flora of Kazantypskiy Nature Reserve The IUCN Red List:

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Allium pervestitum Rumia crithmifolia 3. Alyssum calycocarpum 4. Papaver maeoticum 5. Agropyron cimmericum 6. Crataegus taurica The European Red List: 1. Rumia crithmifolia 2. Centaurea aemulans 3. Senecio borysthenicus 4. Tanacetum paczoskii 5. Alyssum calycocarpum 6. Crataegus taurica 7. Galium xeroticum 8. Solanum zelenetzkii Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats 1. Crambe koktebelica 2. Zostera marina Red Book of Ukraine: 1. Allium pervestitum 2. Astrodaucus littoralis 3. Asparagus brachyphyllus 4. Crambe koktebelica 5. Silene syreitschikowii 6. Silene viridiflora 7. Crocus pallasii 8. Orchis picta 9. Stipa brauneri 10. Stipa capillata 11. Stipa lessingiana 12. Stipa poetica 13. Stipa ucrainica Fauna of Kazantypskiy Nature Reserve Red Book of Ukraine: 1. Rhinolophus ferrumequinum 2. Tursiops truncates ponticus 3. Phocana phocana relicta 4. Mustela eversmanni 5. Tadorna ferruginea 6. Falco naumanni 7. Himantopus himantopus 8. Heamatopus ostralegus 9. Egretta garszetta 10. Aguila rapax 11. Ophisaurus apodus 12. Coluber jugularis 13. Elaphe quatuorlineata 14. Vipera ursini renardi The European Red List: 1. Phocana phocana relicta 2. Falco naumanni Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats 1. Crocidura suaveolens 2. Pipistrellus pipistrellus 3. Tursiops truncatus ponticus 4. Phocana phocana relicta 5. Mustela eversmanni 6. Phalacrocorax aristotelis 7. Tadorna ferruginea 8. Burhinus oedicnemus 9. Charadrius dubius 10. Casmerodius (Egretta) alba 11. Upupa epops 12. Bufo viridis 13. Ophisaurus apodus 14. Natrix tesselata 15. Vipera ursini renardi </ref></ref>