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T1  - Ornamental plants in the extreme north of the Soviet Union
A1  - Documentation Information Center
DO  - 10.12389/ariddc.02112
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-17
PB  - Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
AB  - This collection is one of the summary works of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden of the Kola Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, named after S. M. Kirov, devoted to plant introduction and the greening of the Far North. The volume contains the results of introduction experiments conducted by the botanical garden over a period of twenty-five years, involving more than 3,500 plant species, including wild plants introduced from various geographical regions, plants undergoing domestication, and ancient cultivated plants, including horticultural varieties and hybrids. In the garden's earlier work, Introduction of Plants into the Polar North (N. A. Avrorin, 1956), a selective ecogeographical analysis of the behavior of introduced plants was carried out, and certain patterns of simple transplantation and acclimatization were revealed.All plants described in this volume were tested in open ground without any protective measures against the severe polar climate conditions, characterized by an eight-month winter, cool summers with frequent frosts, and the complete absence of nighttime darkness until early August. The experimental nursery of the botanical garden is located on the southern slope of Mount Vudyavrchorr in the Khibiny Mountains of the Kola Peninsula, at an elevation of 320-340 meters and more than 100 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle (67°39′ N).The plants recommended in this volume can undoubtedly be successfully cultivated throughout the forest and forest-tundra regions of Murmansk Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast, as well as in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. They may also be suitable for the coastal areas of Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, and Sakhalin Oblast. Naturally, they are equally suitable for regions farther south. For other, more severe areas of the Soviet Far North, suitable local forms for landscaping should be selected from among these plants through additional local 
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