Aims : To revise the syntaxonomy of vegetation steppe depressions ( pody ), in particular (1) to identify associations and reveal their environmental, structural compositional peculiarities; (2) assign higher syntaxa; (3) correct nomenclatural aspects according ICPN. Study area Steppe zone Ukraine, Left-Bank Lower Dnieper basin. Methods 641 relevés were included final analysis PCOrd program int...