The composition and structure of the coniferous plantings in the Primorsky Park of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens

Abstract

It has been done the analysis of the coniferous arboreal plants in the Primorsky Park of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens. On the base of making of an inventory work it was defined the total amount of coniferous trees taxons, their distribution on families, flora-geographical regions and a summer drought stability level. The estimation of state and cultivation peculiarities of the ornamental plants in the condition of the Primorsky Park testifies about the ability to use effectively the drought-resistant coniferous species in the gardening and greening of inhabited localities in the Southern Coast of the Crimea. To sum it up, working out the methods and planning the reintroduction of coniferous plants from the Arboretum dendrology collection have to be based on the complex estimation of the bioenvironmental characteristics of particular taxons and discovery of the limitative factors, which have a negative influence on their growth and development in the conditions of the lower tier of the Southern Coast of the Crimea.