Mariamjvari Strict Nature Reserve ( ka, მარიამჯვრის სახელმწიფო ნაკრძალი) is a

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Sagarejo Municipality Sagarejo ( ka, საგარეჯოს მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality of Georgia, in the region of Kakheti. Its main town is Sagarejo. Population: 51,761 (2014 census) Area: 1491 km2 History In the 17th ...

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region ( mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises e ...

region of

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on the southern slopes of Gombori Range.

History

Mariamjvari Nature Reserve was founded in 1935 with the purpose of preserving untouched landscapes of relic ''Sosnowskyi pine'' ('' Pinus sosnowskyi'').Pinus sylvestris var. hamata Steven
/ref> Presently Mariamjvari Strict Nature Reserve is part of Georgia's ''Protected Areas'' which also includes Korugi Managed Reserve and Iori Managed Reserve.

Flora

Most of the reserve landscape is covered with forest. Relict ''Sosnovskyi pine'' of Caucasus is spread at 800–1800 m above sea level. It is represented by variety of forms due to tree polymorphism : pyramidal (''Pinus Sosnowsky Nakai var. Pyramidalis Kurd.''), compact (''Pinus Sosnowsky Nakai var. Compacta Kurd.''), oval (''Pinus Sosnowsky Nakai var. Ovalus Kurd.''), umbrella type (''Pinus Sosnowsky Nakai var. umbraculifera Kurd.''). In protected forest there are also specimens of

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, oriental hornbeam (''

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''),

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beech Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engl ...

maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since ht ...

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. There are also many species of

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References

National parks of Georgia (country) Protected areas established in 1935 Geography of Kakheti {{Georgia-geo-stub

History

Flora

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