Address Shcholkine, Crimea, 98213 Established 1998 | Area 4.5 km² | |
Location Kerch Peninsula, Ukraine Management Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine Similar Kazantip, Kazantip club, Лилия, gostevoy dom "Semeno, Shchyolki gorodskoy sovet |
The Kazantypskiy Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Казанти́пський приро́дний запові́дник, Russian: Казанти́пский приро́дный запове́дник; [kəzɐnˈtʲipskʲɪj prʲɪˈpodnɨj zəpɐˈtɕedʲnʲɪk]) is a small reserve (4.5 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi)) in the Lenine Raion on the Kerch Peninsula in Ukraine. The reserve includes both territory of Cape Kazantyp and coast-aquatic-complex.
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Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve was establіshed in 1998. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. The reserve protects the ecosystems of coastal area and also near coastal sea algae communities. The plant communities are mostly associated to the steppe type.
Despite its small size, 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.
The reserve protects virgin ecosystems of coastal areas, including near-coastal sea algae communities. The plant communities are mostly associated with the steppe type.
Kazantypskyi Nature Reserve іs lіsted among the 138 most valuable areas of Ukraine, defined for the Important Bird Area Programme. According to UNESCO, Cape Kazantуp іs a reserve of international significance.
Flora
- Allium pervestitum
- Rumia crithmifolia
- Alyssum calycocarpum
- Papaver maeoticum
- Agropyron cimmericum
- Crataegus taurica
- Rumia crithmifolia
- Centaurea aemulans
- Senecio borysthenicus
- Tanacetum paczoskii
- Alyssum calycocarpum
- Crataegus taurica
- Galium xeroticum
- Solanum zelenetzkii
- Crambe koktebelica
- Zostera marina
Red Book of Ukraine:
- Allium pervestitum
- Astrodaucus littoralis
- Asparagus brachyphyllus
- Crambe koktebelica
- Silene syreitschikowii
- Silene viridiflora
- Crocus pallasii
- Orchis picta
- Stipa brauneri
- Stipa capillata
- Stipa lessingiana
- Stipa poetica
- Stipa ucrainica
Fauna
- Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
- Tursiops truncates ponticus
- Phocana phocana relicta
- Mustela eversmanni
- Tadorna ferruginea
- Falco naumanni
- Himantopus himantopus
- Heamatopus ostralegus
- Egretta garszetta
- Aguila rapax
- Ophisaurus apodus
- Coluber jugularis
- Elaphe quatuorlineata
- Vipera ursini renardi
- Phocana phocana relicta
- Falco naumanni
- Crocidura suaveolens
- Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Tursiops truncatus ponticus
- Phocana phocana relicta
- Mustela eversmanni
- Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Tadorna ferruginea
- Burhinus oedicnemus
- Charadrius dubius
- Casmerodius (Egretta) alba
- Upupa epops
- Bufo viridis
- Ophisaurus apodus
- Natrix tessellata
- Vipera ursini renardi