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Analysis of the Range of Trees and Shrubs Used in the Landscaping of Saratov Kalmykova, A., Tereshkin, A., Zaigralova, G., Eskov, D., Kornienko, M. /Vol. 8 Núm. 22: 510 - 521/ Septiembre - octubre 2019 510 Artículo de investigación Analysis of the range of trees and shrubs used in the landscaping of Saratov Анализ ассортимента древесно-кустарниковых растений, используемых в озеленении г. Саратова Análisis de la variedad de plantas de árboles y arbustos utilizados en el paisajismo de la ciudad de Saratov Recibido: 12 de julio del 2019 Aceptado: 24 de agosto del 2019 Written by: Anna Leonidovna Kalmykova223 https://elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=672076 ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7476-5060 Alexander Valerievich Tereshkin224 https://elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=670681 ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2125-0290 Galina Nikolaevna Zaigralova225 https://elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=324019 ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2708-8287 Dmitry Vladimirovich Eskov226 https://elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=320006 ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5240-9364 Mikhail Yuryevich Kornienko227 https://elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=351352 ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4448-090X Abstract Аннотация The article deals with the history of green space В статье рассмотрена история зеленого expansion in the city of Saratov based on строительства в г. Саратове, выполнен comparative analysis of the range of green spaces сравнительный анализ ассортимента зеленых for 1966, 1998, and 2017. The authors note the насаждений за 1966, 1998 и 2017 годы. expansion tendency of the wood species range Отмечена тенденция расширения applied in city landscaping due to the inclusion of ассортимента применяемых в озеленении invasive plants and decorative forms of trees and города пород за счет включения в него bushes. The results of a comprehensive интродуцентов и декоративных форм assessment of the current state of the range of деревьев и кустарников. Результаты plants at the sites of urban landscaping and long- комплексной оценки современного состояния term observations of them allowed determining ассортимента растений на объектах the types and varieties of trees, shrubs, and lianas, озеленения города и многолетние which had successfully adapted to the urban наблюдения за ними позволили определить environment states. The authors have developed виды и сорта древесных, кустарниковых a broad range of plants, which includes 138 пород и лиан, которые успешно names of tree and bush species recommended for адаптировались к условиям городской среды. application on landscaping sites of various На основании полученных данных categories in Saratov. разработан ассортимент из 138 наименований древесно-кустарниковых видов, рекомендованных к применению на объектах 223 Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, 1 Teatralnaya Sq., Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation, [email protected] 224 Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, 1 Teatralnaya Sq., Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation 225 Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, 1 Teatralnaya Sq., Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation 226 Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, 1 Teatralnaya Sq., Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation 227 Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, 1 Teatralnaya Sq., Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation Encuentre este artículo en http://www.udla.edu.co/revistas/index.php/amazonia-investiga o www.amazoniainvestiga.info ISSN 2322- 6307 Vol. 8 Núm. 22 /septiembre - octubre 2019 511 Keywords: Assortment, landscaping, inventory, различных категорий зеленых насаждений г. trees, shrubs, lianas, Saratov. Саратова. Ключевые слова: ассортимент, озеленение, инвентаризация, деревья, кустарники, лианы, Саратов. Resumen El artículo considera la historia de la construcción verde en la ciudad de Saratov, se realiza un análisis comparativo de la variedad de espacios verdes para 1966, 1998 y 2017. Existe una tendencia a expandir la variedad de especies utilizadas en el paisajismo de la ciudad debido a la inclusión de introductores y formas decorativas de árboles y arbustos en ella. Los resultados de una evaluación exhaustiva del estado actual del surtido de plantas en las instalaciones de paisajismo de la ciudad y las observaciones a largo plazo de ellos permitieron determinar los tipos y variedades de especies de árboles, arbustos y enredaderas que se adaptaron con éxito a las condiciones del entorno urbano. Sobre la base de los datos obtenidos, se desarrolló una variedad de 138 nombres de especies de arbustos arbóreos recomendados para su uso en objetos de varias categorías de espacios verdes de la ciudad de Saratov. Palabras clave: Surtido, jardinería, inventario, árboles, arbustos, vides, Saratov. Introduction The challenging ecological situation in the large wood and shrub plants at the cities of Russia imposes strict requirements for landscaping sites; the range of wood and shrub plants. For effective − To substantiate the possibility of performance of ecological and esthetic functions expanding the range of these plants. in populated areas, the range of wood species used when creating green plantings should be Materials and methods multifarious and include the plants possessing the ability to absorb harmful substances from all When defining a range of trees and shrubs environments (atmosphere, hydrosphere, and recommended for application in the urban lithosphere). These plant species must have high territory of Saratov, the authors used zoning resistance to adverse factors, to pests and materials for landscaping, obtained by A.I. diseases, have sufficient winter hardiness, and Kolesnikov (1974). The species composition was possess decorative effect during the long period. studied based on the inventory carried out by the At that, an important factor is a simple and Saratov Branch of the Rosgidroles Institute in relatively cheap reproduction, cultivation, and 1998-1999, as well as inventory materials (1965 maintenance technology (Zhukova, 2013; – 1966), and own studies (2015-2017) of Tkhorikov et al, 2018). landscaping sites (Zaigralova, Kabanov, 2016; Cherepanov, 1995). The research purpose is to assess the current status of the used range of woody and shrub Evaluation of the sanitary state of the plants was plants at the landscaping sites of Saratov and to carried out based on a range of biomorphological substantiate the prospects for its expansion. features, namely, leaves color, crown density, the presence and proportion of dead branches in the Tasks of the research are as follows: crown, bark state, and signs of the settling by stem pests. All plants were assessed by the − To conduct a comparative analysis of following categories: the range according to the stock of materials and inventory of green 1. No signs of weakening; plantings in the city of Saratov in 1966, 2. Weakened; 1998 and 2017; 3. Strongly weakened; − To determine the age characteristics and 4. Shrunken; assess the sanitary state, as well as the 5. Fresh dead-wood; decorative level of the used range of 6. Old dead-wood. Encuentre este artículo en http://www.udla.edu.co/revistas/index.php/amazonia-investiga o www.amazoniainvestiga.info ISSN 2322- 6307 512 The tree state index of various species is defined The weighted average for tree stand is as follows: as the weighted average value of estimates of the 푛 distribution of the number of tree stems of ∑푗 = 1퐾푐푝푗 ∗ 푊푗 different categories of the state. Kнас = 푛 ∑푗 = 푊푗 The weighted average for each tree species (Kav) where j is the number of wood species involved is calculated by the formula: in the composition of the tree stand; Kav is the 6 state index of the j wood species; Wj is the weight ∑푖 = 1퐾푖 × 푊푖 of j-th wood species (number of trees). 퐾ср = 6 ∑푖 = 1푊푖 According to the values of Kav and Ksat, the tree where i is the numbers of the tree state categories; stand can be attributed to a certain state category Ki is the index of the i-th tree state category; according to the following parameters (Table 1) (Pravila sanitarnoj bezopasnosti v leash, 2017) Wi is the weight of the trees (their number) of the i-th state category. Table 1. Compliance of state category of the tree stand based on its state index State index State category of the tree stand 1.0 – 1.5 Healthy tree stand 1.51 – 2.5 Weakened tree stand 2.51 – 3.5 Strongly weakened tree stand 3.51 – 4.5 Dying tree stand Over 4.51 Deadwood The age characteristic was carried out based on Results the Ontogenetic Atlas of plants (Zhukova, 2013). Only five age categories were taken into account The development of landscaping in the city of when determining the age status of different tree Saratov and the region has a long history dating species. Age states of seedlings, juvenile, and back to the founding of urban settlements. immature plants were not taken into account, However, the improvement of the city and its while in the postgenerative period, subsenile sanitary situation was very slow. In pre- species were not considered due to their absence revolutionary Saratov, artificial plantings existed in the plantings. Thus, the following age in the form of gardens in private holdings. There categories of woody plants have been identified were almost no public gardens, where residents for the urban environment: of the city could relax. − Virgin (v) - young trees that have not At the beginning of the 19th century in the entered the fruiting phase; picturesque surroundings of Saratov, a − Young generative plants (g1) - plants foundation of the manor of Saratov Governor with an acute apex that have entered the Alexei Panchulidzev was laid. After 1812, the fruiting
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