Monitoring of state of some reserved dendroparks in Western Ukraine

In a result of scientific expedition, held as a part of a Ukrainian scientific seminar “The social role of reserved dendrological parks in Ukraine” (July, 2015), the assessment of state and accordance to the reserved status of four national dendrological parks is given: “Khorostkivskyj”, “Germakivskyj” (Ternopil region), “Vysokogirnyj” and “Druzhba” (Ivano-Frankivsk region). It is found out, that each of observed parks, which were founded at the second half of XX century as the dendrological collections of local and introduced species and cultivars in order to test them in different conditions of plain and mountain locations, differ in plant species, principles of landscape construction, submission, area, the stages of developement, the actual state of plants and functioning of seed-plots. Quantitative indexes of dendrological flora are the following: “Khorostkivskyj” – 187 species, “Druzhba” – 204, “Vysokogirnyj” – 213, “Germakivskyj” – 282 taxon. The questionnaire of the seminar participants shows, that park “Vysokogirnyj” has received the highest assessment in accordance to the range of criteria. The negative tendencies of dendrological parks’ development were found out, in particular the taxonomical and landscape degradation (“Khorostkivskyj”, “Germakivskyj”). Measures in order to optimize plants and to improve the care system are stated. It is also shown, that examined parks in their structure, activities, meaning have the status of national dendrological parks as scientific institutions and that their actual state is satisfactory