INTRODUCTION OF <i>CAREX </i>L. SPECIES ( <i>CYPERACEAE </i>JUSS) FROM NATURAL FLORA IN STAVROPOL BOTANICAL GARDEN
Numerous members of Carex L. genus are an integral part of garden-park art as ornamental elements, that is of interest to study the species. We present the results of phenological observations and seed multiplication of the species collected fromciscaucasia: C. acutiformis Ehrh., C. colchica J. Gay., C. diluta Bieb., C. humilis Leyss., C. ericetorum Poll., C. hirta L., C. melanostachya Bieb., C. otrubae Podp., C. pendula Huds., C. praecox Schreber., C. pseudocyperus L., C. remota L., C. riparia  Curtis., C. stenophylla Wahlenb, C. sylvatica Huds. Preliminary assessment of ornamentality for C. pseudocyperus L., C. riparia Curtis., C. pendula Huds., C. acutiformis Ehrh. and C. diluta bieb is given.