Vegetation Structure of the Landscaped Area of the Gremyachaya Griva Ecopark (Krasnoyarsk). P. 68–81

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Krasnoyarsk is the second most populous city in Siberia with over a million residents. It is surrounded by forests on all sides; however the citizens in the majority of the city’s districts have limited access to green spaces. This makes the suburban forests even more valuable to the local population; among them is the Gremyachaya Griva Ecopark, established in 2018. The extensive landscaping works carried out and the sharp increase in the number of visitors have affected the composition and structure of forest communities. However, there is no current information on the vegetation status of the landscaped section of the eco-park. The sub-taiga forests of the ecopark are mainly represented by mixed pine and birch forests of the mixed-grass and bracken forest types, currently in stages 1–3 of recreational digression. According to the results of cluster analysis, groups of communities were identified in the pine and birch formations of the ecopark; the groups differ in origin, stage of recreational digression, composition, and development degree of the lower storey. As a rule, a cluster comprises communities that are at the same or similar stages of development and are similar in composition and structure. The least disturbed areas are the mixed-grass pine forests, which are rich in species diversity (up to 45 species per 100 m²) and lack synanthropic species; the flora here consists primarily of rare ornamental species, including those listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. Conversely, mixed-grass birch forests in the third stage of digression dominate near the most visited sites (Visitor Centers No. 1 and 2, playgrounds). The forests are characterized by broken forest live cover, a high proportion of synanthropic species in the composition, and the invasion of introduced species under the canopy. The most dangerous of which is Acer negundo, listed in the Black Book of the Flora of Central Russia.

Funding: The research was financially supported by the Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of Science and Technology Support grant No. КФН-771 and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project FSRZ-2023-0007).

Authors

Anna D. Markova*, Head of Department; ResearcherID: POS-7119-2026 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9055-6741

Olga M. Shabalina, Candidate of Biology, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: ABG-9442-2020, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0777-946X

Irina N. Bezkorovaynaya, Doctor of Biology, Prof.; ResearcherID: P-9431-2016, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6307-2381

Affiliation

School of Ecology and Geography of Siberian Federal University, prosp. Svobodnyy, 79, str. 4, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660041; id187850377@mail.ru*, shabalina11@bk.ru, birinik-2011@yandex.ru

Keywords

recreational load, plant communities, pine forests, birch forests, recreational digression, invasive species, biodiversity, ecopark, Gremyachaya Griva

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Markova A.D., Shabalina O.M., Bezkorovaynaya I.N. Vegetation Structure of the Landscaped Area of the Gremyachaya Griva Ecopark (Krasnoyarsk). Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2026, no. 3, pp. 68–81. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2026-3-68-81

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