SPECIFIC COMPOSITION OF ARBOREAL PLANTS OF DONETSK BOTANICAL GARDEN
The results of analysis of specific composition of the dendrological collection of the Donetsk botanical garden, created during 1965-2015, are presented in this article. At the moment the collection fund makes 675 species, 121 intraspecific taxa and 419 plant varieties. The majority (more than 90%) of species is introduced and have successfully adapted to the adverse ecologic and climatic conditions of Donbass. In the collection there are more than 50 rare and endangered species of the arboreal plants included in the International Red Lists and Red Lists of Russia, Ukraine and Donetsk region.