In 2025, as a result of studying the flora and vegetation of the central part of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain between the Volga and Akhtuba rivers within the subzone of the northern deserts of the Astrakhan region (northwest of Kharabalinsky district) and the Republic of Kalmykia (northeast of Yustinsky district), we identified 206 species of vascular plants, including rare ones – Euphorbia humifusa Willd. (Republic of Kalmykia) and Poacynum sareptanum Mavrodiev, Laktionov et Yu.E. Alexeev (Astrakhan region). Orobanche amoena C.A. Mey. was found for the first time for the flora of the Astrakhan region. Two rare species, endemic to Mid- and Lower Volga regions, namely Rorippa wolgensis Fursajev ex Laktionov et Mavrodiev and Salix fursaevii Mavrodiev are included in the Red Data Book of the Astrakhan region.
Vasjukov V.M., Chuvashov A.V., Golub V.B.
