Ussuri Reserve
Total area: 41,234 hectares. Space of the conservation zone: 57,800 hectares.
The first description of the untouched forests of the future reserve was given in 1913 by the largest botan and specialist in East Asia. Having visited the region and appreciated the richness of its flora, the scientist raised the question of creating a reserve in the upper reaches of the Suputovka River (now the Komarovka River) to protect the forests located here. The reserve was established in 1932 and officially established on October 23, 1949. Initially, the reserve was called Suputinsky, in 1974 it was renamed Ussurisky.
From 2019, the Ussurisky Reserve was transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, under the management of the FGBI "Land of the Leopard".
The flora of the reserve is almost completely represented by forest vegetation and includes 825 species of vascular plants, including 54 species of trees, 61 species of shrubs and 12 species of wooden lianas. Shrubs, semi-shrubs and semi-shrubs are little diverse. Forests occupy 99% of the territory of the reserve.Wet chernopikhtarniki are the most productive and floristically saturated forests of the reserve
The animal world of the reserve
A peculiar symbol is the Amur tiger that lives here. It is the largest subspecies of tigers and the largest cat in the world. From cats there is also an ordinary lynx. However, here it is small: usually there are no more than three or four individuals. The Far Eastern Forest Cat is also regularly observed.
In addition to the Amur tiger, two more large predators live in the reserve - the Himalayan and brown bears. Among small predators, columns are most common. Coniferous-broadleaf forests on the mountain slopes are inhabited by a badger. Occasionally there is harza, even less often - weasel.
The ornithofauna of the reserve is common for cedar and blackfish-broad-leaved forests. Among the most typical birds are king and light-headed foams, blue nightingale, grouse, short-tailed warbler, ordinary nuisance.
