Abstract
A description is given of the developed in the Mangyshlak experimental botanical garden complex scales of determining the introduction value of plants as applied to the desert zone of Western (Aktau, MEBG), mountain-forest conditions of Eastern (Ridder, ABG) and the desert-steppe zone of Central Kazakhstan (Zhezkazgan, ZBG), including 24 diagnostic features, divided into four sections (groups): 1) biological stability, 2) ornamental and habitat properties, 3) reproductive capacity and 4) economic and biological and scientific importance. The detailed results of their testing on the example of 289 species and forms of aboriginal and foreign flora of 3 botanical gardens in Kazakhstan are given.
Highlights
The natural and climatic conditions of the Mangystau desert cause a very low introduction selection of plants, averaging only 2-3% over the past almost 50 years
In East Kazakhstan (Ridder, Altai Botanical Garden (ABG)) the main limiting factors are short frost-free period, return spring frosts and low winter temperatures and winter hardiness and resistance to frost are the dominating index of perspective
The regional scale structurally developed for the desert zone of Mangystau includes 24 diagnostic attributes (Table 1), divided into 4 sections: 1) biological stability (6); 2) ornamental and habitat properties (8); 3) reproductive capacity (3); 4) economic and biological and scientific significance (7)
Summary
The natural and climatic conditions of the Mangystau desert cause a very low introduction selection of plants, averaging only 2-3% over the past almost 50 years. All objectively existing differences in the natural and climatic conditions of the three geographical areas of Kazakhstan were taken into account in the development of regional methodologies for assessing the prospects of plants as applied to the mountain-forest conditions of Eastern and desert-steppe zone of Central Kazakhstan.
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