On the necessity to preserve old-growth spruce forests in upper reaches of the Padoma River (Arkhangelsk Region)

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In the massif of native old-growth spruce forests located at the junction of the Verkhnetoyemsky and Ustyansky districts of the Arkhangelsk Region, the species of plants, fungi and lichens listed in the Red Data Books of Russia (Calypso bulbosa, Lobaria pulmonaria and Sarcosoma globosum) or Arkhangelsk Region (Acolium karelicum, Arthonia vinosa, Chaenotheca gracillima, Corydalis solida, Poa remota, Pycnoporellus alboluteus, Ramalina thrausta) were found. The surveyed massif can be classified as a biologically valuable forest by both the structure of the tree stand and the presence and number of specialized and indicator species. Nowadays, native old-growth forests, both in the North-West of Russia and in Europe as a whole, are rare plant communities. Their preservation is important not only for the survival of species listed in the Red Books, but also for the preservation of the general biodiversity associated with the old-growth forests and ensuring the sustainability and restoration of natural forest communities. The creation of a specially protected natural area within the boundaries of the studied forest massif is recommended.

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N. S. Liksakova

Komarov Botanical Institute RAS

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Email: nliks@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Prof. Popov Str., 2, St. Petersburg, 197022

M. Yu. Pukinskaya

Komarov Botanical Institute RAS

Email: pukinskaya@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Prof. Popov Str., 2, St. Petersburg, 197022

D. S. Kessel

Komarov Botanical Institute RAS

Email: dasha_kessel@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Prof. Popov Str., 2, St. Petersburg, 197022

V. N. Tarasova

Komarov Botanical Institute RAS

Email: tarasova1873@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Prof. Popov Str., 2, St. Petersburg, 197022

E. V. Kushnevskaya

Sankt-Petersburg State University

Email: elly.kushn@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Universitetskaya Emb., 7–9, Sankt-Petersburg, 199034

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2. Fig. 1. Printscreen of the High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) map of Arkhangelsk Region (accessed: 09.10.2024).

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3. Fig. 2. The area proposed for protection is surrounded by clearings.

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4. Fig. 3. Localities of the species listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Krasnaya…, 2024) and the Red Data Book of the Arkhangelsk Region (Red Data Book…, 2020): 1 – Lobaria pulmonaria; 2 – Calypso bulbosa; 3 – Sarcosoma globosum; 4 – Pycnoporellus alboluteus; 5 – Corydalis solida; 6 – Poa remota; 7 – Arthonia vinosa; 8 – Ramalina thrausta; 9 – Acolium karelicum; 10 – Chaenotheca gracillima; 11 – Abies sibirica; 12 – Neckera pennata; 13 – Chaenotheca stemonea; 14 – Hypogymnia vittata; 15 – Scorpidium revolvens.

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5. Fig. 4. Localities of indicator and specialized species of lichens: 1 – Alectoria sarmentosa; 2 – Arthonia vinosa; 3 – Calicium adspersum; 4 – Chaenotheca gracillima; 5 – Ch. stemonea; 6 – Ch. subroscida; 7 – Hypogymnia vittata; 8 – Leptogium teretiusculum; 9 – Lobaria pulmonaria; 10 – Microcalicium disseminatum; 11 – Nephroma parile; 12 – N. resupinatum; 13 – Ramalina thrausta.

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6. Fig. 5. Localities of indicator and specialized species of bryophytes: 1 – Barbilophozia lycopodioides; 2 – Crossocalyx hellerianum; 3 – Eurinchiastrum pulchellum; 4 – Herzogiella seligerii; 5 – Lophozia ascendens; 6 – Lophozia guttulata; 7 – Mnium stellare; 8 – Neckera pennata; 9 – Plagiochila asplenioides; 10 – Riccardia latifrons; 11 – Schistostega pennata; 12 – Sphagnum wulfianum; 13 – Syzigiella autumnalis.

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7. Fig. 6. Localities of indicator and specialized species of fungi: 1 – Amylocystis lapponica; 2 – Fomitopsis rosea; 3 – Pycnoporellus alboluteus; 4 – Picnoporellus fulgens; 5 – Sarcosoma globosum.

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