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The reserve "Khomutivsky Steppe" is the largest part of the Ukrainian Steppe Reserve (1028 hectares), a preserved fragment of the Wild Field, as it was before the development of these lands.
The reserve was founded in 1926 to preserve and protect steppe vegetation. Today, the area of the reserve is 1,030.4 hectares, and 90 of them are a completely protected area, which has never been touched by a plow and which has not been grazed by cattle or mowed for 70 years.
The reserve is crossed by the Klymushevska, Brandtova, Chervona streams. On its territory, the plants of the group of plain multi-grass - typchakovo - kovilov steppe have been preserved and are protected. 604 species of flowering plants and ferns grow here - grasses, shrubs and trees. Including 19 - endemic, ie. spread over a very limited area.
59 species of mosses, 46 lichens and more than 270 mushrooms are also registered in the reserve. The feathered world of the Khomutivsky Steppe is represented by more than 80 species of birds.
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