ORNAMENTAL QUALITIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS OF THE FAMILY FABACEAE JUSS. IN FLOWERING AND FRUITING STAGES
Ornamental qualities of plants of the family Fabaceae Juss. growing in the south of the Russian Far East were evaluated in the stages of flowering and fruiting. The scale including 8 morphological characters has been developed based on the methods by B.N. Bylov for evaluating flowering crops, modified by us. Each morphological character is evaluated on the 5-point scale and has three degrees of evaluation – highest, medium and low (5, 3 and 1 points, respectively). Taking into consideration emotional impact on human in terms of intensity and duration, each morphological character is given a conversion coefficient. As a result of the evaluation carried out, the plant species have been determined that possess the most ornamental qualities during the flowering stage (Robinia pseudoacacia) and during the fruiting stage (Gymnocladus dioicus, Gleditsia triacanthos).