COMPARATIVE ANALISYS OF STEMS GROWTH OF CONIFEROUS PLANTS PROMISING FOR CARBON FARMS IN THE MIDDLE URALS

The cultivation of highly productive woody plants is one of the areas of climate project implementation in order to sequester atmospheric carbon. Due to the lack of coniferous species in the flora of the Middle Urals, there is an increased interest in introducing new species. These plants can be used not only for landscaping and the forestry industry, but also to solve environmental problems, such as creating carbon farms. In the conditions of the botanical garden, the linear growth and development of shoots of species from the Pinaceae family were studied in accordance with generally accepted methods. The fastest-growing species were identified, as well as correlations between growth and weather conditions.