The role of lime-pine forests in vegetation cover of Zavolzhye and Priuralie

The band of mixed forests in Zavolzhye and Pre-Urals is distinguished by a considerable complexity of vegetation cover. Lime-pine forests played an important role in justifying the northern boundary of these mixed forests. As a result of research on the territory of the Kerzhensky Reserve, the assumption was made that the role of lime-pine forests in the vegetation cover significantly decreased due to forest fires and repeated fellings. It is suggested that most of these forests are primary.