Ecological and coenotic profile of model steppe depressions of the Left Bank of the Lower Dnieper. The central part of the bottom is occupied by wetland communities, which change along the slopes by wet, mesic and xero-mesic phytocenoses. The transectshows the difference in absolute height between the bottom of the depression and its slope, the length and asymmetry of the «body» of the depression along the line: slopebottom. Species: 1 – Stipa ucrainica, 2 – Koeleria macrantha, 3 – Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum, 4 – Galatella villosa, 5 – Achillea micranthoides, 6 – Atriplex oblongifolia, 7 – Artemisia austriaca, 8 – Carex praecox, 9 – Poa angustifolia, 10 – Carex melanostachya, 11 – Phlomis scythica, 12 – Allium regelianum, 13 – Festuca valesiaca, 14 – Artemisia santonicum, 15 – Alopecurus pratensis, 16 – Chaiturus marrubiastrum, 17 – Inula britannica, 18 – Rorippa brachycarpa, 19 – Elytrigia repens subsp. pseudocaesia, 20 – Lotus angustissimus, 21 – Phalacrachena inuloides, 22 – Beckmannia eruciformis, 23– Lythrum virgatum, 24 – Mentha pulegium, 25 – Puccinellia distans, 26 – Gratiola officinalis, 27 – Juncus atratus, 28 – Rumex ucranicus, 29 – Damasonium alisma, 30 – Eleocharis palustris, 31 – Butomus umbellatus, 32 – Pulicaria vulgaris, 33 – Ferula euxina, 34 – Sibbaldianthe bifurca subsp. orientalis, 35 – Bassia prostrata, 36 – Salvia nemorosa subsp. tesquicola, 37 – Tanacetum millefolium, 38 – Polygonum patulum, 39 – Ventenata dubia, 40 – Elatine alsinastrum, 41 – Myosurus minimus, 42 – Schoenoplectus lacustris. For the two-letter abbreviations of environmental factors – see Figure 11.