ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HARVESTING OF OFFICINAL PLANTS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES CONTAINING RARE SPECIES
An important aspect of the strategy of sustainable resource use of officinal species is the preservation of biodiversity when bringing their harvesting. The possibility of preparation of officinal plant materials in plant communities was analyzed, taking into account their rarity and the presence in their composition of species included in the Red Books of the Republic of Bashkortostan [2011] and the Russian Federation [2008]. The possibility of harvesting officinal plants in the plant community is determined by a few of limiting factors, such as the rarity of the plant community and its pattern of distribution in the region, its confinement to habitats with low resistance to anthropogenic influences (steep slopes, scree, etc.), as well as the presence in the floristic composition of rare species listed in the Red Books of the region and the Russian Federation. At the same time, the presence of Red Book species in communities is not a direct contraindication to the harvesting of officinal species, but their harvesting in these communities must be controlled and it is necessary to strictly limit the harvesting of underground plant parts, at which the most severe disturbance of the ground cover occurs.