Taxus baccata (Taxaceae) populations in Dagestan

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Information is provided on the age composition and ontogenetic state of five populations (Kaitag, Buinaksk, Kazbekovsky, Khunzakh, Himeidi) of Taxus baccata L. in Dagestan. An estimation of the number of yew plants in these populations is made, and the need to review the species status in the Red Book of the Republic of Dagestan is justified. The finding of a new locality of berry yew in the southern Dagestan is reported, with description of the species composition in the community and the assessment of vitality of the trees.

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Z. M. Asadulaev

Mountain Botanical Garden of the Dagestan Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Dagestan State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: asgorbs@mail.ru
Russian Federation, M. Gadzhieva Str., 45, Makhachkala, 367000; Batyraya Str., 4a, Makhachkala, 367000

P. K. Omarova

Dagestan State University

Email: parizat.omarova.87@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Batyraya Str., 4a, Makhachkala, 367000

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2. Fig. 1. Range of Taxus baccata distribution.

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3. Fig. 2. The range of Taxus baccata in Dagestan (green), the Himeidi research area (red dot).

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