title: DESTRUCTIVE TRENDS IN QUERCUS PUBESCENS WILLD. STANDS IN SOUTH-WESTERN CRIMEA
abstract: Quercus pubescens Willd grows in Crimea in the area from Alushta to Feodosia and Old Crimea. From Alushta to Balaklava, the coastal zone of the downy oak has optimal conditions for development, as evidenced by the height of some specimens: 15-18 metres. Destructive degenerative processes have been observed in downy oak stands in the area of Ponizovka in the South Coast of Crimea. A distinctive feature of the forests of the oak formation (Quercueta pubescensis) is the predominance of stands of V 