This article presents data on the current composition and structure of the dendroflora of Luhansk, including 244 species, forms, and hybrids of trees and shrubs which belong to 98 genera, 39 families, 21 orders, and 3 classes. The most fully represented species are from the families Rosaceae (67), Salicaceae (19), Fabaceae (17), Oleaceae (14), Cupressaceae, and Sapindaceae (10 ones each). Introduced plants account for 75 %, and native plants – 25 %. The age structure is dominated by 50–70-year-old plants (42 %), while those aged 20–50 years and under the age of 20 years accounted for 27 % and 23 %, respectively, and those aged 70–100 years and older accounted for up to 9 %.
Zarutskaya Yu.G., Kurdyukova O.N.
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