Lindulovskaya Grove is a botanical nature reserve, which is located in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region, near the village of Roshchino. Covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 hectares, reserve stretches along both banks of the river Roshinka, the two sides of the road from the Roshchino to Pine Glade.

The state natural botanical reserve was established by the decision of the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee in 1976. The main purpose of creation of the reserve - to keep the old Russia in artificial planting the unique culture of the Siberian larch Larix sibirica Ledeb, located outside the boundaries of its range in the valley Roshinka (formerly Lintulovka) and natural complex of river valley with rare species of animals and plants.

Home Lindulovskaya grove was laid in 1738 for the previously issued decree of Peter I of growing here for ship timber yard in Kronstadt. The first plantings of larch seeds collected near Arkhangelsk, were made forstmeysterom her Imperial Majesty, forest znatelem Ferdinand Gabriel Fokelem in 1738 He was assisted by his students: Ivan Kipriyanov, Matthew Alshansky, Fedot Starostin, Peter Paul. The first site was created by the spring of 1738 Fokelem remaining portions grove created by his disciples.

In 1856 Lindulovskaya grove was established reserve regime, and in 1990 became part of larch grove objects protected by UNESCO.

Lindulovskaya Grove - the pearl of the Russian silvicultural case is a unique larch old culture, both in Russia and in Europe. Here there are: Daurian, Siberian larch, Sukachev larch. For over 200 years, the grove is the development of learning objects for several generations of foresters.

In addition to growing in the grove of larch pine, spruce, cedar, fir, oak, ash, elm, alder. Old culture preserved mainly in one sector in an area of ​​23 5 per hectare. They account for more than 4 million trees with a height of 38 to 42 m and a trunk diameter of 0, 49 to 0, 52 m (at breast height). Separate larch have a circumference of 1 m.

Lindulovskaya Grove was hit hard by swept here in 1824, 1924 and 1925. hurricanes, as well as during the war of 1939-1945. Main landing larch were made in 1738-1742 gg., 1740-1773 gg., 1805-1822gg., 1924-1940gg. and from 1940 to the present.

Area of ​​the reserve is also occupied by spruce, bilberry and bilberry-sphagnum occupying portions of watersheds. On the slopes and in the valley developed Kislichnaya fir with rich grasses: chickweed, lily of the valley, goutweed, etc., Sometimes grow elm, linden, hazel, maple.

Lindulovskaya Fauna Reserve is typical for spruce. Background bird species - goldcrest, siskin, Mavis, chaffinch, redwing, wren, robin, and others. Also, there are black woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, Dunnock, Common Chiffchaff. The mammals in these areas inhabited by voles, small and common shrew, squirrel, hare. In the old larch plantations, in addition to these species, also nest Ural owl, sparrow hawk, nuthatch, creeper, pow, crested tit, Opolovnikov. On the banks of Roshinka and streams flowing into it, you can find the black polecat, occasionally, the European mink. On Roshinka passing trout are spawning the Gulf of Finland, as well as feeding her young, spawning lampreys and ide. Here are the rare natural habitats with the European pearl mussel - entered in the Red Book of the bivalves.

The grove is forbidden: fishing and hunting, campfires, picking mushrooms, berries, ornamental and medicinal plants, etc. The reserve can be visited only by organized groups.

Over the years Lindulovskaya plantations are objects of study of the unique forest crops, care of technology, methods of reforestation and maintenance of plants. The reserve university students have practice and improve their skills of forestry professionals.