title: TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF QUERCUS PUBESCENS WILLD IN THE SOUTHERN RUSSIA
abstract: In Russia, Q. pubescens grows in the North Caucasus in two isolated areas. In the extreme west - in the lower mountain zone and on the Black Sea coast. In the east - in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus and in the coastal areas of Dagestan. In Crimea, the main forest massif of Q. pubescens is distributed in the coastal part of the southern macroslope of the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains. Most of the plantations of Q. pubescens are represented by low-productivity stands of coppice origi