NEW DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RED-LISTED VASCULAR PLANTS IN MARINE FISHING AREAS IN MURMANSK REGION

Data on 124 findings of 25 regionally red-listed species of vascular plants collected in the Tersky and Lovozersky Districts of Murmansk Region in areas with Pomor settlements and in Pomor fishing grounds are reported. The surveys covered the abandoned villages of Porya Guba and Kuzreka, villages Kashkarantsy, Chavanga and Sosnovka, as well as areas along the Umba-Varzuga road between Creeks Ludoshny and Kashkarantsky, seacoast stretch from Tochilennyi Creek area to Lodochnyi Creek, from Krivoy Creek area to the Rombach River and from the Pulonga River to Krasnyi Nos Cape near the mouth of the Ponoy River. New localities were detected for 8 very rare species: Armeria scabra, Carex recta, Comastoma tenellum, Cotoneaster antoninae, Cotoneaster laxiflorus, Dactylorhiza incarnata, Pilosella erratica, and Helianthemum arcticum . The latter was found in the region for the second time. Seven species were registered within the boundaries of the nature monument Ametisty mysa Korabl': Cotoneaster antoninae, C. cinnabarinus, C. laxiflorus, Dianthus arenarius, Pilosella erratica, Sedum acre , and Thymus subarcticus.