CONTEMPORARY STATE OF VEGETATION OF THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME AND ESTIMATION OF ITS POTENTIAL STABILITY TO THE IMPACT OF SPACE ROCKET LAUNCHES
For the first time the actual vegetation of the cosmodrome Baikonur (Republic of Kazakhstan) has been mapped. Potential tolerance of edificators and plant associations to the impact of space rocket launches has been estimated. It was determined that weakly and moderately stable phytocenosis occupy 43% of the cosmodrome's territory, comparatively stable phytocenosis − 18.5%, stable phytocenosis − 38%.