In nine separate excursions, we will collect field data for monitoring of 11 species of steppe plants included in the National Biodiversity Monitoring System (NSMSS) - Paeonia tenuifolia, Caragana frutex, Crambe tataria, Astragalus pubiflorus, Salvia scabiosifolia, Serratula bulgarica, Dianthus nardiformis, Marsilea quadrifolia, Trapa natans, Limonium bulgaricum and a new species for the country Colchicum arenarium included in Annex 2 of the European Biodiversity Monitoring Directive. Habitats. Standard monitoring forms will be filled in and sent to the database of the National Council of Municipalities and Municipalities. We will collect for the National Gene Bank at the Institute for Plant Genetic Resources in Sadovo seeds of 7 species of steppe plants, included in the Red Data Book of Bulgaria Volume 1 plants and fungi - Astragalus pubiflorus, Crambe tataria, Paeonia tenuifolia, Jurinea ledebourii, Salvia scabiosifolia, Dianthus nardiformis, Serratula bulgarica. We will clean some of the bushes in the Nakhodi Protected Area.