Study on plants and their ecological characteristics in the sand pit regions of Moscow

Industrial activity of human being, with each passing year, leaves an ever-growing danger on the environment worldwide. The extraction of mineral soil and non-metallic materials from sand pits has caused serious damage to the environment. Damage was embodied by soil cover destruction which occur at mining sites followed by processing of minerals and the most effective way of reclaiming disturbed land is by biological reclamation. To implement biological reclamation, a comprehensive study of sand pits ecological plants’ characteristics was studied on the Northern and Southern exposure slopes of sand pits in Moscow Region. Geobotanical descriptions on experimental sites of 5 x 5 m², made according to standard methods. About 127 species of higher vascular plants from 29 plant families were found on the surveyed sand pits, three of which have the most representation (Compositae, Gramineae and Fabaceae). Among the plants in the spectrum of life forms, the overwhelming majority are hemicryptophytes. In the spectrum of life forms, perennial herbaceous polycarpic were dominant. Ecological analysis of sand pits plants showed that the plants, mainly, belong to the meadow ecological-cenotic group, notwithstanding the proportion of forest species. © 2020, Gaurav Society of Agricultural Research Information Centre. All rights reserved.