<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AJPS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>American Journal of Plant Sciences</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2158-2742</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/ajps.2019.1012155</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPS-97264</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Biomedical&amp;Life Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Distribution of High Water Plants of Lake Karakir in Bukhara Region in Ecological Groups
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kobilov</surname><given-names>Aziz Mukhtorovich</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Buriev</surname><given-names>Sulaymon Burievich</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Bukhara State University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>05</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>12</issue><fpage>2203</fpage><lpage>2207</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>4,</day>	<month>November</month>	<year>2019</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>17,</day>	<month>December</month>	<year>2019</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>20,</day>	<month>December</month>	<year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  In this article, information about the geographical location of the 
  Karakir
   Lake in Bukhara region, high water plants, systematics 
  and
   their distribution is presented. As a result of the research, Lake Karakir has 34 species of high water plants belonging to 16 families. These plants were divided into ecological groups and analyzed.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Ditch</kwd><kwd> Gidrobiont</kwd><kwd> High Water Plants</kwd><kwd> Eftrophication</kwd><kwd> Aquarium</kwd><kwd> Karakir</kwd><kwd> Filtration</kwd><kwd> Reed</kwd><kwd> Cattail</kwd><kwd> Pondweed</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Bukhara region is located in the south-west of Uzbekistan, the main water supply is the AMU-Bukhara channel. In the Bukhara region, collector waters are formed as a result of irrigation of lands and washing of brine and are collected in large lakes such as Seashore, Karakir, Tuzkon, Agit. The total water in the region is collected into 7 lakes. With the size of the area occupied by these lakes and the number of hydrobions, Lake Karakir occupies a special place. Lake Karakir (system of lakes-large karakir, small karakir, aquarium) is located in the north west of Bukhara region. Lake Karakir is formed on account of the accumulation of Northern collector waters. The northern collector is the main water source of Lake Karagir. Lake water is not used, the bulk of the water is reduced to the account of evaporation and filtration. Water enters the lake through the northern collector at 30 - 40 m<sup>3</sup>/sec. The area of the lake, as a result of the increase in collector water in winter and spring, is 26.5 - 27.2 thousand hectares on the account of the formation of tiny puddles. In the high-temperature days of summer, the amount of evaporation and filtration increases, the area of the lake is significantly reduced to 5 - 10 thousand hectares, on account of the decrease in the water entering the lake to 12 m<sup>3</sup>/sec. The maximum depth of the lake (large spruce) is 7 - 8 meters, the average depth is 2.0 - 2.5 meters, the minimum is 0.7 - 1.8 meters. The maximum depth of the Spruce Lake is 5% - 10% of the total area, the average depth is 15% - 20%, the minimum depth is 70% - 80%. In summer and autumn, the shallow areas of the lake dry up and eftrophication is observed. As a result, the vegetation on the shore will dry up [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref2">2</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Literature Review</title><p>High water plants, which are found in the water bodies of Bukhara region, are mainly herbaceous plants (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>). High plants that grow in the water are important for animals that live in the water (fish, zooplankton, zoobentos) and serve to a different extent [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref3">3</xref>]. H the high vegetation of Bukhara region. The Q. It was noted by Esanov (2016) that the family consists of 62,294 species belonging to the category 476 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref4">4</xref>]. Among these species there are also high water plants. Also among the high vegetation of Bukhara region, new species are introduced for this region, which has entered from abroad [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref5">5</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Research Methodology</title><p>The object of the research work is the high water plant of Lake Karakir in Bukhara region. Data from the “analysis of the flora of the Bukhara Oasis” [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref6">6</xref>] were used in the compilation of a list of high plants of Lake Karakir. In determining</p><table-wrap id="table1" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref></label><caption><title> Types of high water plants in Lake Karakir of Bukhara region</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Family</th><th align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Type</th><th align="center" valign="middle"  colspan="3"  >Ecological groups</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Hygrophyte</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Hydrophyte</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Galetovic</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Salviniaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Salvinia natans (L.) All.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Equisetaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Equisetum ramosissimum Desv</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Polygonaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Polygonum persicaria L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Polygonum aviculari L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Ceratophyllaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Ceratophylum demersum L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Haloragaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Myriophyllum verticilatum L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Myriophyllum spicatum L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Ranunculaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Batrachium rionii (Lagger) Nym</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Batrachium divaricatum (Schrank.) Wimm</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Butomaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Butomus umbellatus L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Chenopodiaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Atriplex tatarica L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Chenopodium album L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="4"  >Poaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Aeluropus litoralis (Gouan)Parl.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Calamagrostis dubia Bunge.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Erianthus ravennae (L) P.Beauv.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Juncaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Juncus articulates L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Juncus gerardii Loisel.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="3"  >Potamogetonaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Potamogeton crispus L</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Potamogeton perfoliatus L</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="4"  >Cyperaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Bolboschoenus popovii T.V. Egorova</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Scirpus mucronatus L</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Scirpus triqueter L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Cyperus rotundus L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="2"  >Tamaricaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Tamarix ramosissima Lab.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Tamarix hispida Willd</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="3"  >Typhaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Typha angustifolia L.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Typha laxmannii Lepech.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Typha minima Funck</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Fabaceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Alhagipseudо alhagi (M.B.) Desv.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"  rowspan="3"  >Asteraceae</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Lactuca tatarica (L.) Cam.</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Karelinia caspia (Pall.) Less</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >+</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Paramicrorhynchus procumbens (Roxb.) Kirp</td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ></td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>the composition of the species, the method “Flora Uzbekistan”, “Opredelitel’ rasteniy Sredney Azii” [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref7">7</xref>] and the method of collecting herbarium samples [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref8">8</xref>] were used. Scientific names of categories and species were used according to “Opredelitel’ rasteniy Sredney Azii” [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref7">7</xref>] and the fluorosis system of the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Analysis and Results</title><p>The study of the Hydrobiology of Lake Karakir was carried out in 2014-2019 years. The area of the lake is 70% - 90% covered with high water vegetation. Of the high water plants, such species as cane, Lamb are the most common. On the shores of the lake, reeds were formed. On the surface of 1 m<sup>2</sup>, the STEM up to 150 - 200 soles of the cane. This plant is used mainly as a building material. In this lake, various species of high-water plants are distributed. These plants were studied in 3 ecological groups in wet areas (hygrophites) on the coast, in groups of growing (hydrophytes) in which half of the water is immersed (hydrophytes), and in full or in large part immersed in water [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.97264-ref9">9</xref>]. Near the shores of the lake, along with hygrophytes, Mesophytes and xerophytes are also encountered. The occurrence of plants that fall into these ecological groups is mainly due to changes in water levels during the growing season. 34 species belonging to 16 families were identified (<xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>) as a result of the study of high water plants of Lake Karakir.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Conclusions</title><p>These identified species serve as a scientific basis for studying the hydrobiology of the lake and other types of living organisms. There are several useful properties of aquatic plants. In particular, they specify the substrate, food of the lake for laying eggs on phytophilic fish in the lake. As a result of the study, during the vegetation period, high water plants produce very large biomass. Identified high water plants are considered to be the main food for white amur fish.</p><p>The main area of Lake Karakir is covered with high water vegetation, especially a large territory of Karakir is considered a convenient place for the development of fishing. In order to increase fish productivity on the account of high water plants, it is desirable to fish the lake with fish, which are fed with high water plants.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>Conflicts of Interest</title><p>The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Mukhtorovich, K.A. and Burievich, B.S. (2019) Distribution of High Water Plants of Lake Karakir in Bukhara Region in Ecological Groups. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 2203-2207. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2019.1012155</p></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.97264-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Kabilov, A.M. (2015) Antro-Natural Disasters Occurring in the Aral Sea Region Impact on the Environment. 169-171.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref2"><label>2</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Esanov, X.K., Aslonova, K.A., et al. (2018) Microscopic Algae and High Water Reproduction of Plants, Their Application in the National Economy. 83-84.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref3"><label>3</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Esanov, H.K. (2016) New Species in the Flora of Bukhara oasis. Turczaninowia, 19, 77-81. http://turczaninowia.asu.ru 
https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.19.2.10</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref4"><label>4</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Esanov, H.K. and Usmonov, M.X. (2018) Two Alien Species of Asteraceae New to Uzbekistan (Bukhara oasis). Turczaninowia, 21, 175-180.  
http://turczaninowia.asu.ru  
https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.21.4.18</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref5"><label>5</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Esanov, H. (2017) The Q. Analysis of Flora of Bukhara oasis. Biology. Science. Dokt. the dessr, Tashkent, 179 B.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref6"><label>6</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Conspectus Florae Asiae Mediae 1968-2015. FAN, Tashkent, Vol. 1-11.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref7"><label>7</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Shcherbakov, A.V. and Mayorov, S.R. (2006) Inventory of Flora and Basics of Herbarium (Guidelines). Association of Scientific Publications KMK, Moscow, 48.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref8"><label>8</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Keldibekov, S. (1981) Flora and Vegetation of Fishing Ponds of Chirchik-Angren Basin. The Theme of the Publishing House, Tashkent, 15-22 s.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="scirp.97264-ref9"><label>9</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Buriev, S.B. and Kobilov, A.M. (2019) The Region’s Aquatic Vegetation of Lake Kara-Kira Bukhara. ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 9, 5-11. https://doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2019.00072.7</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>