The peer-reviewed book «Ostapko V.M., Prykhodko S.A., Mulenkova E.G., Gnatyuk N.Yu. Spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden. Donetsk, 2025. 287 p.» presents an annotated list of 846 species and subspecies of vascular plants. The autochthonous fraction of the Donbass flora in the spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden numbers 499 species, including 302 native to this territory; the allochthonous fraction, consisting of alien plants and introduced species running wild, numbers 347 species, including 185 escapees from cultivation and 162 spontaneously introduced species. The degree of adventitization of the spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden is 41%. Most species do not pose an invasive threat, but 13 are «transformers». Thirty-six species are considered specially protected, including populations of 10 species native to this area.

Vasjukov V.M., Chuvashov A.V.