TO THE 85th ANNIVERSARY OF ARBORETUM OF MOUNTAIN-TAIGA STATION, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, FAR EASTERN BRANCH
The Arboretum of the Mountain Taiga Station of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the oldest introduction centers in the Russian Far East. Created in 1935, it currently has a collection of woody and herbaceous plants of the Northern hemisphere, numbering 1022 species. The greatest species diversity is represented in such genera as <i>Rosa</i> (39 species), <i>Lonicera</i> (33), <i>Crataegus</i> (31), <i>Berberis</i> (31). The plantings cover an area of 50 hectares and are distributed over 23 plots surrounded by oak forests. The Arboretum of the Mountain Taiga Station plays an important role in the conservation of biological diversity and ecological education of the population in the south of the Russian Far East.