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Flora in Karkaraly National Park
Flora in Karkaraly National Park
The park has over 700 species of plants and is home to 80% of all flora found in central Kazakhstan. Five plant species are listed in Kazakhstan’s Red Book of protected species:
Kyrgyz Birch (Betula kirghisorum SAV.-RYCZG)
Smooth Sphagnum (Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Angstr.)
Thin Poppy (Papaver tenellum)
Spring Pheasant's Eye (Adonis vernalis L.)
Karkaraly barberry (Berberis karkaralensis Kornilova et Potapov)
However, in total, there are 28 rare or disappearing kinds of flora in the park.
The forests within the park are made up of pine, birch, poplar, willow, and juniper trees. 71.3% of the wooded area in the park are pine trees. Birch forest occupies 10% of the wooded area and aspen forest take up 2%. The underbrush of the park includes Cossack’s juniper, Tatar’s honeysuckle, and other plants. Shrubs occupy 34% of the total area of the park. There are 87 kinds of medicinal, oil bearing and alkaloid plants in the Karkaraly Mountains.
Because of drought and high winds, 2,525 hectares of the Karkaraly forest were burned by forest fires in 1997-1998. After the fire, the park worked very hard on planting new trees and restoring the forest to its original state. A nursery in the Kent mountains provided the saplings for the re-vegetation project. Fire prevention standards were implemented and the following year 164 hectares were destroyed from 18 separate fires. In 2003, only 84 hectares were burned.
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