ECOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ADAPTATION OF WOODY PLANTS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Tree plantations are one of the mechanisms for stabilizing the ecological situation in cities. Modern industrial centers are in urgent need of reconstruction of plantings, an important aspect of which is the selection of species with high adaptive potential. It should be noted that woody plants growing in cities have undergone a kind of selection and are of exceptional interest in terms of studying the mechanisms of adaptation in a man-made environment. The objective of our research was to identify adaptive reactions of different forms and at different levels of organization of plant organisms in the urban environment. At the same time, the objects of research were the species occupying the largest areas of the landscaped territory and represented in all ecological categories of the city's plantings.