Study of the richest gene pool of trees and shrubs in Slovakia, in the Mlyňany Arboretum SAS

Abstract

An inventory of the gene pool of woody plants in the Arboretum Mlyňany SAS was carried out in years
2001–2011. The results were summarized in 2012 to provide a data base for complete digitalisation of the
living collections. This work discusses the history of introduction activities in the Arboretum, aged 120 years
to this date. There are compared the results of introduction among the essential phases of building the woody
plant collections. We discuss the characteristics of introduction of evergreen woody plants by the count
Ambrózy-Migazzi (1892–1914), the phases of development of the research area of this academic institution
from the year 1953 to the climax in the last 1990s, as well as the current state of its living collections. There
are outlined possibilities for introducing new species into this park object.