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Wood Pearl () is a
natural monument A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance. They can be natural geological and geographical features such as w ...
( Protected areas of Ulyanovsk Oblast).


Basic special features

Trees of this Protected Area belong to genetic reserve of Russia. The prime trees are
pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. ''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
,
birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...
, asp and linden. The best cultivated trees are selected. Also they grow spindle trees, filbert,
bearberry Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus ''Arctostaphylos''. Unlike the other species of ''Arctostaphylos'' (see manzanita), they are adapted to Arctic and subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern N ...
, savoury,
carnations ''Dianthus caryophyllus'' ( ), commonly known as carnation or clove pink, is a species of ''Dianthus'' native to the Mediterranean region. Its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive cultivation over the last 2,000 years. Carnations ...
, rowans and
fern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
s. All managed works are prohibited with the aim to save value vegetation. Touristic visiting is limited. Researching and scientific work is not conducing.


The bases for creation of PA and its importance

Ripe pine forests, bonitet 1-1a, completeness 0,7-0,9.


References

{{reflist * http://eco.ulstu.ru * http://ulnat.by.ru/ Protected areas of Russia Geography of Ulyanovsk Oblast