Current Distribution and Ecological-Phytocoenotic Characteristic of the Invasive Species Impatiens glandulifera Roule in the Southern Urals

The distribution of the invasive species Impatiens glandulifera in the Southern Urals (Republic of Bashkortostan) is considered. The species is wild from ornamental culture and actively naturalizes in shady coastal and anthropogenic ecotopes, mainly in forest-steppe and nemoral-forest zones of the Urals. Overall, 62 localities of the species in 28 districts of the republic have been identified. Cenoses with its dominance have been described within the Epilobietea angustifolii class, association Calystegio sepium–Impatientetum glanduliferae, two subassociations C. s.–I. g. menthetosum longifolii and C. s.–I. g. arctietosum tomentosi and five variants. Using ecological scales, ecological preferences, and leading factors influencing the differentiation of communities with the participation of species, soil texture, structure, and richness, humidity, and climate continentality, were determined.