Khabarovsk Arboretum. Wood violet. Spring 2018. May, 14. Хабаровский Дендрарий. Весна 2018г.
Wood violet & wild rose's bud. Фиалка лесная. Khabarovsk arboretum was founded on the 19th of October 1896. The total area of arboretum then was only 4 hectares. Nursery-garden and forest division field were laid on this soil. Back then the arboretum was just a thick forest of oak trees, elm trees and other trees. Here the first attempts of filling-up the forest plants took place such as pine trees and Ussuriskaya pear trees. During the times of its functioning, the arboretum was owned by different departments. In 1939 it received the status of the forest management in the system of the Far Eastern Scientific-Research Institute. From the 50s years of last century the works on acclimatization of the unadaptable to this climate plants began. The main collection of the trees happened during that period of time. Khabarovsk’s arboretum received the title of the natural sanctuary of the regional value and is a cultural centre of the city. Besides that the forest strip is located nearly in the city centre wh ere is providing its ecological function. Walking along its alleys you can see how the wild Amur grape, Chinese magnolia-vine and other lianas braiding the bodies of birches and fir-trees. Amur cork-tree, Manchurian walnut are growing here. Among the numerous lianas, kolomikta actimidia, sweet berries that look like sweeties can be pointed out. The arboretum’s collection is a unique genofond of the dendroflora. Today it counts up to 386 types of plants. There are plants from all over the world. There are samples from Himalayas, submountain regions of Tien Shan and also from North America. A lot of representatives of the Manchurian flora that can be found in arboretum can’t be found in the wild outside of the Far East anymore.
Wood violet & wild rose's bud. Фиалка лесная. Khabarovsk arboretum was founded on the 19th of October 1896. The total area of arboretum then was only 4 hectares. Nursery-garden and forest division field were laid on this soil. Back then the arboretum was just a thick forest of oak trees, elm trees and other trees. Here the first attempts of filling-up the forest plants took place such as pine trees and Ussuriskaya pear trees. During the times of its functioning, the arboretum was owned by different departments. In 1939 it received the status of the forest management in the system of the Far Eastern Scientific-Research Institute. From the 50s years of last century the works on acclimatization of the unadaptable to this climate plants began. The main collection of the trees happened during that period of time. Khabarovsk’s arboretum received the title of the natural sanctuary of the regional value and is a cultural centre of the city. Besides that the forest strip is located nearly in the city centre wh ere is providing its ecological function. Walking along its alleys you can see how the wild Amur grape, Chinese magnolia-vine and other lianas braiding the bodies of birches and fir-trees. Amur cork-tree, Manchurian walnut are growing here. Among the numerous lianas, kolomikta actimidia, sweet berries that look like sweeties can be pointed out. The arboretum’s collection is a unique genofond of the dendroflora. Today it counts up to 386 types of plants. There are plants from all over the world. There are samples from Himalayas, submountain regions of Tien Shan and also from North America. A lot of representatives of the Manchurian flora that can be found in arboretum can’t be found in the wild outside of the Far East anymore.