FOREST-TYPOLOGICAL FEATURES OF VEGETATION AND SOILS STRUCTURE IN THE ZAURALSKAYA HILLY-FOOTHILL PROVINCE
The results of many years lasting studies on the interconnection between physical and chemical characteristics of vegetation in the south-taiga forests of the Central Urals region are summed up. The cadastre of forest types in the Zauralskaya hilly-foothill province has been supplemented with data on the morphology of soils, their density, skeletal structure, pH, potassium content and the dynamics of the above properties in the soil profile, as well as, data on the varietal structure and productivity of the herbal-bushy storey for 10 predominant subindigenous forest types and 11 types of cuttings-fire sites.