The Mountain pine forest

The Mountain pine forest
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Location in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Location	Sengileevsky area, Ulyanovsk, Russia
Coordinates	54°00′14″N 48°39′46″E
Area	0.0012 km^2 (0.00046 sq mi)
Established	1988

The Mountain pine forest (Russian: Горный сосняк на отложениях палеогена) - is a natural monument of Russia (Protected areas of Ulyanovsk Oblast).

Basic features of nature

25 metres high vegetation of pine, linden and birch trees. Bushy flora: cherries, spindle tree, broom, kizilnik, lazurnik. Grassy tier: veynik, lily of the valley, orlyak, pyrethrum. All forms of fellings, girder and pasturing of cattle are forbidden. Because of lack of financing researching and scientific work is not conducing.

Bases for creation

Age of 130 years of a natural origin. Nature protection value preservation of ancient pine forests on stony adjournment and rare kinds of a bush.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111224073959/http://eco.ulstu.ru/
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