INVENTORY OF STARYI BULVAR LIGNEOUS PLANT IN ZHYTOMYR

The total area of the Staryi Boulevard in Zhytomyr is 2.22 ha, of which only 42 % is green space. According to the standards, the area of green space should be 60%. On the territory of the boulevard were investigated 490 tree plants, which are represented by 22 species of trees and shrubs belonging to 19 genera, 16 families. There are 12 species introduced. The Rosaceae family is the largest family. The results of the analysis of dendroflora by the pretentiousness of its species to moisture indicate that mesophytes are the predominant group of plants. Overall, the sanitary condition of trees and shrubs is good or satisfactory, but 34 trees have disease and pest damage as well as mechanical damage. Various pathologies were detected at the investigated object on certain specimens of Picea abies L., Acer platanoides L., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Betula pendula Roth, Forsythia × intermedia Zabel and Thuja occidentalis L. Among them were diseases of infectious nature: horse chestnut leaf miner, brown stripe rust of birch, Septoria blight and canker of maple, viral ring spot of mulberry leaves, pine-leaf cast of spruce, heatrots, and diseases of non-infectious nature: woodknobs, witches' brooms, peel bark due to the action of high temperatures, withering, frostbite, Mechanical damage. The model of reconstruction, ways of regulation of the structure of plantations and measures for optimization of their existing condition, increase of stability, durability and phytomeliorative efficiency are developed in the work. In order to preserve woody vegetation in good sanitary and high aesthetic condition, it is recommended to carry out: treatment of cracks, sites of mechanical damage and hollows; sampling of emergency trees, as well as advanced stages of the disease; trimming of dry tips, branches; cultivation of trees with pesticides to eliminate pests and attenuate pathogens