Conifers in decorative arboretum of Botanic Garden of Petrozavodsk State University

The transformation that taking place during of spontaneous cultivars introduction have not taken into consideration for last 10 years. The plants introduction in the Botanic Garden PSU have a planned character in a northwest middle taiga. Decorative arboretum was laid in 2000 (Potapova, Prokhorov, 2...

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Main Authors: Eglacheva Arina, Lopinova Ekaterina Vasilievna, Printseva Inga Vladimirovna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Petrozavodsk State University 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15393/j4.art.2014.2403
https://doaj.org/article/1297f399a8a841edae6a893e1475aedf
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Summary:The transformation that taking place during of spontaneous cultivars introduction have not taken into consideration for last 10 years. The plants introduction in the Botanic Garden PSU have a planned character in a northwest middle taiga. Decorative arboretum was laid in 2000 (Potapova, Prokhorov, 2010). By 2014, the conifers collection includes 159 specimens of 98 cultivars belonging to 28 species, 10 genera and 3 families (Cupressaceae, Pinaceae, Taxaceae). Taxa are presented as species with narrow native habitat (Microbiota decussata, Thujopsis dolabrata, Chamaecyparis pisifera, Picea omorika), and with a wide (Juniperus communis). Plants were planted gradually. Annual plant monitoring include measuring of height, width of the crown, trunk diameter, needles color, seed-bearing, damage. Based on the study was identified plants groups in growth rate, seed-bearing. The number of generative samples are increased from 17 to 53% during 2007-2014. Seed-bearing is not a constant parameter and depends on a complex of abiotic factors.