Taxonomic composition and spatial structure of the elements of landscaping park «Feofaniya»

Abstract

The research aim was inventory of modern specific variety of dendroflora of introduced species of memorial park of landscape gardening art (MPLGA) «Feofania», analysis of its spatial and life-form distribution, creation of a dot map of landscape gardening elements involving modern GPS and GIS (geographical informative systems) technologies. Scope of the study: taxonomical variety and biomorphological structure of dendroflora of introduced species. Research methods: field rout methods; cartographic methods involving GIS; methods of biomorphological and systematic analysis of flora; methods used in dendrology and descriptive statistics methods. Subject matter of the study: dendroflora of introduced species and cultivars of landscape gardening elements in the of memorial park of landscape gardening art «Feofania» (Kyiv). The «Feofaniya» park is created on the basis of natural forest of Carpineto (betuli) – Querceta (roboris) in forest type of a landscape-gardening landscape where the main are sites of century Querceta roboris. Its invaluable wealth is a specific variety of natural vegetable cover together with the introduced species and artificially created plantings on which depends the environment of men. The work on inventory of a century usually-oak grove (Querceta roboris)(Querceta roboris plantation) which is earlier finished by authors with use of materials of aerial photography and global system of positioning Navstar (GPS) provided possibility of creation of an electronic database and the card of geospatial placement of century trees of Quercus robur L. at the territory of memorial park of landscape gardening art «Feofaniya». As MPLGA «Feofaniya» is unique natural and landscape-gardening object, this work covers results of inventory of plantings of its park part (these are nearly 17 ha, or 11 % of the area of the territory). The made analysis of taxonomical structure of wood plants and biomorphological structure of ornamental plants was combined with creation of a schematic map of spatial placement of park basic elements of gardening. The taxonomical structure of park plantings was investigated by method of route inspections. For determination of objects coordinates used GPS map76CSx (mistake within 3–1 m). The cartographical basis is received by means of SAS Planet. Vector cards are constructed in QGIS system. It is established that a variety of perennial plants in landscape compositions of the central part of MPLGA «Feofaniya» is presented by 130 taxons relating to 3 departments, 3 classes, 34 families and 64 genuses. In biomorphological structure of elements of gardening 53.0 % are the share of trees; 46.1 % – bushes and only one specie of lianas. Total number of elements of gardening is 2915 pieces, from them 784 pieces of coniferous and deciduous 2116 pieces. The created schematic map of spatial placement of basic elements of gardening in landscape compositions of park is a basis for projects of enrichment of the existing variety of memorial park of landscape gardening art «Feofaniya».