1. Cherish What You Have Moscow School #626 Environmental Project
The authors of the project:
Guseinsade Rahil – Class 10
Nesmelov Daniil - Class 10
Project supervisors:
Konoplyova E. A
(the teacher of Biology and Ecology)
Prokhorova N. A
(the teacher of the English language)

2. Relevance
In 1991 the Kotlovka river valley was declared a natural monument
The floodplain of the Kotlovka river is included in the boundaries of the landscape reserve called "The valley of the river Kotlovka".
Now the question is about giving it the status of especially protected natural territories of regional value.

3. The Objectives of the Project
The Goal of the Project
The Objectives of the Project
Studying plant species and diversity of plant communities represented in the national park "The Valley of the river Kotlovka".
Identifying rare species of plants.
Drawing public attention to the need of preserving this area.
Creating handout for school lessons of Biology, Ecology, Geography and English while studying the themes "Ecological issues of the native area and ways of coping with them”

4. Brief Description of the Study Area
The floodplain of the river Kotlovka - 1,8 km between Nakhimovsky Prospekt and Remizov street.
It is the third largest tributary of the right river bank of the Moscow river.
garages
Furniture factory
The Korobkovsky Orchard
Founded in 1880 the garden is famous for rare grades of fruit trees and berry bushes.
The river is full of rapids with very fast current. The river is rocky, rarely sandy or muddy. It’s full length is 9,5 km.
Gas Station
Nahimovsky prospect

5. The Results of the Study
In the floodplain of the river Kotlovka the following plant communities were described : willows (1), forest vegetation (2), floodplain swamp (6), riparian woody vegetation (3, 4, 7) and meadows (5).
1. willows
2. oak trees
3. birches
4. alders and birches
5. meadows
6. floodplain swamps
7.larches

6. Floodplain Swamp
The rich soil and abundance of moisture promotes the growth of moisture-loving vegetation. Among the trees the most common is black alder.
The following plants are frequently met: horsetail marsh, common reed, broadleaf cattail, cane forest, sedge early and sedge bubble.

7. Riparian woody vegetation
Woody layer forms a shading. It is represented by alder, birch and aspen (No. 3-4). Small trees are mountain ash , bird cherry and common buckthorn shrub brittle. The main herbs are wild ginger, the male fern, horsetail, and sedges.
Willows
The willows (#1) have a single tier stand. Under its canopy there develops the vegetation of hygrophilous grasses – sedges, reeds, nettles.

8. Forest Vegetation Meadows
The oak dominates. (see number 2 on the map). The composition of shrubs consists of common hazel, euonymus warty, black alder.
Meadows
Meadows occupy a gentle left slope of the river Kotlovka (see # 5). Steep areas are overgrown with lackberries. The gentle slope adjacent to the park Sosenky is exposed to mowing.

9. Early Blossoming Plants
It was discovered: 4 ephemeroids species - The Yellow anemone, The Fumewort, The Lesser celandine, The Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem ; 3 rare species - The Cowslip, The Unspotted lungwort, The Heath dog-violet ; 2 ephemeroids species - The Western marsh orchid, The Eearly marsh-orchid (2 -3 Red List category)
Anemonoides ranunculoides
Corydalis solids
 Ásarum europaéum
Gágea lútea
Pulmonaria obscura
Dactylorhiza incarnata 
Primula veris
Polygonatum multiflorum
Ranunculus ficaria
Víola canína 
Dactylorhiza baltica

10. The Research Methods
Routing method: the research way on detection of early spring blossoming plants.
IUCN Red List Categories
Group divisions according to their frequency of occurrence: found frequently and abundantly, found moderately and found seldom
Russia
Red List
Categories

11. The slope over the collector in southern part
Species of plants in Latin, English, Russian
Frequency of occurrence
Life form
Places of occurrence
IUCN Red List Categories
Russia Red List Categories
Anemone ranunculoides
The Yellow anemone
Ветреница лютичная
Moderately frequently
geophytes
The slopes of the Korobkovsky ravine along the garden boundary, right bank
Near threatened
(NT) 3
Corydalis solida
The Fumewort
Хохлатка плотная
Along the garden boundary, right bank
Pulmonaria obscura
The Unspotted lungwort
Медуница неясная
rarely
hemicryptophyte
Larch plot in southern part
Primula veris
The Cowslip
Первоцвет весенний
The slope over the collector in southern part                          
Ficaria verna
The Lesser celandine
Чистяк весенний
The slopes of the Korobkovsky ravine along the garden boundary
Least concern (LC)
Gagea lutea
The Yellow Star-
of-Bethlehem Гусиный лук
The slopes of the Korobkovsky ravine along the garden boundary
Viola canina
The Heath dog-violet
Фиалка собачья
single
The slope over the collector in southern part
Asarum europaeum
The European wild ginger
Копытень европейский
Dactylorhiza majalis
The Western marsh orchid Пальчатокоренник
балтийский
The valley bog in the southern part
Endangered  (EN) 2
Dactylorhiza incarnate
The Eearly marsh-orchid Пальчатокоренник мясо-красный

12. Conclusions It is necessary:
to plan and improve the major routes and places of recreation in combination with visual ecological information;
to make information stands "Plants and animals listed in the Red book of Moscow“ with the indication of the subject matter encountered in the area;
to draw public attention to the problem of the park "the Valley of the river Kotlovka“ providing them with posters and videos on social networks;
to plant trees along the borders of the park.

13. Performing and lecturing in front of 6-7 formers.
Posters “The Year of Ecology”