Modern State Of Beech Stands Of Great Caucasus

For evaluating the state of beech stands in the northern region of the Republic, 16 plots in 3 farms were es-
tablished. The state of stands is determined by the external characteristics of the leaves and branches of the
crown of trees under different growing conditions. As a result of the conducted studies it was revealed that
the number of damaged trees were different according to the degree of defoliation of leaves within forest
types and wood species: in the dead cover type-beech -3-6% hornbeam - 17-21%; in fescue - beech 26-32%,
hornbeam - 31-40%, oak - 39-42%. In the examined stands according to the degree of leaf dechromation
healthy trees prevail, which makes up 87%, 74% and 57% of the total, respectively. The study of the distri-
bution of trees by the number of dry branches showed that in the dead cover type of forest, basis of the plan-
tations belongs to the trees of the 1st class of damage (dry branches in the crown of 10%), in the fescue - 2nd
class of damage (16-40%). According to the index of tree damage, the studied plantations are healthy in the
dead cover type of the forest, weakened in the mixed grass, and greatly weakened in the fescue grass.