Trees and shrubs of Perm

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The area of trees and shrubs in the city of Perm in 2000 was:^[1]

Category of trees and shrubs	Area
of common use (gardens, parks, boulevards)	751 hectares
of limited use (inside the dwelling blocs, at the territories of schools, hospitals, another institutions)	1,039 hectares
of special use (protective sanitary plantations, cemeteries and so on.)	1,020 hectares

In 2000, by the order of city administration Perm State University drew up an inventory of trees and shrubs, which embraced Industrialny and Leninsky city districts completely and other city districts partially.^[2] 697,055 trees was taken into account.

District	Explored area, ha	Wood area, ha	Total length of paths, km
Dzerzhinsky	2,050	116.0	64.4
Kirovsky	2,032	210.9	86.8
Motovilikhinsky	3,432	172.5	88.4
Ordzhonikidzevsky	3,394	245.3	62.7
Sverdlovsky	2,888	214.5	159.0

District	Total amount of trees	Prevailing types, %	Amount of old trees	Amount of trees, which require replacement
Dzerzhinsky	72,302	Poplar — 20.03 Norway Maple — 16.38 Acer negundo — 12.9	4,856 (6.71%)	948 (19.52%)
Kirovsky	188,497	Pine — 29.37 Poplar — 26.12 Acer negundo — 13.2	98,374 (52.18%)	2,322 (2.36%)
Motovilikhinsky	129,888	Acer negundo — 27.62 Poplar — 15.88 Willow — 14.05	13,603 (10.47%)	1,419 (10.43%)
Ordzhonikidzevsky	101,566	Poplar — 24.09 Birch — 17.32 Acer negundo — 13.02	1,928 (1.89%)	1,297 (67.27%)
Sverdlovsky	163,945	Acer negundo — 24.82 Willow — 15.94 Poplar — 13.18	6,133 (3.74%)	642 (10.47%)
Leninsky	13,151	Acer negundo — 30.22 Tilia — 18.6 Poplar — 15.23	3,283 (14.53%)	897 (27.32%)
Industrialny	27,706	Poplar — 36,99 Acer negundo — 23,63 Birch — 14.63	1,911 (11.85%)	1,748 (91.47%)

The city administration makes efforts to plant trees and shrubs. Since 1999, a "Green Wall" campaign is conducted with the purpose of increase in quantity of trees and shrubs. The action is realized by force of OTOSes, schoolchildren and volunteers.

[edit] See also

• Urban forests of Perm

[edit] References