ASSESSMENT OF THE DECORATIVITY OF THE PYRAMIDAL POPLAR IN URBAN CONDITIONS OF A FOREST STEPPE OF THE MIDDLE VOLGA REGION
Poplar pyramidal (Populus pyramidalis Roz) is a valuable woody plant and is widely used in green building. It was found that in urban conditions it grows well, tolerates air pollution with dust and gases, and is especially widely used in ordinary plantings for landscaping streets, boulevards, highways, as well as in alley roadside plantings. The high complex indicator of the decorativeness of the pyramidal poplar, the rapidity of its growth and durability make it possible to recommend the wider use of poplar in the landscaping of settlements of the Penza region.