Results and prospects of plants introduction in Krivoy Rog Botanical Gardens of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Abstract

The creation Krivoy Rog Botanical Gardens is caused by the environment pollution and a necessity to use plants for remediation of the contaminated lands. It is shown, that the collection fund of plants consisting from 923 taxons of trees and bushes, 541 flower decorative plants of the open ground, 267 taxons of the closed ground, 677 taxons of natural flora make the basis of the Gardens. The characteristic of the collection fund is given. The estimation of the prospects of botanical geographical areas for introduction of new species and their use for the environment optimization is given.