20.   Databases of the dendrological collection of PABGI

O. Gontar

The Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden - Institute, Kirovsk - Apatity, Russia

On the date of inventory in 2004, the dendrological collection of PABGI contained 930 accessions, compromising 340 species, 62 genera and 26 families. The plants grow in the arboretum of northern and high-mountainous species and the collections of genus complexes as well as at an experimental site and at the main area of the Garden.

At present, 3 databases (DB) of the dendrological collection of PABGI have been created in the program "Exel" and contain the following records (April 2005):

1. Taxonomic DB. 260 accessions of woody plants, with the following fields:

code of the accession

inventory number

name (in Russian)

family (Latin)

genus (Latin)

species, author (Latin)

life form

synonyms

culture, form, hybrid

origin of material

geograph. distribution

date of crop or planting

date of germination

date of pricking out

location at PABGI

2. Inventory DB. 260 accessions of woody plants, with the following fields:

code of the accession

year of revision

no. of individuals, spring

no. of individuals, autumn

maximal height

average height

annual shoot gain, max.

annual gain, average

wintering, mark

flowering, mark

fruitage, mark

note

3. Phenological DB. 930 accessions of woody plants with the following fields:

code of the accession, year of revision, and 19 fields denoting observation date for a certain phenological phase (on Zaitsev G.N).