Dynamics of the Area of Separate Categories of the Fund of Low-Value Plantings in the Voronezh Region

As a result of the research, the area of such categories of low-value plantings in the Voronezh region as low-density and low-quality plantings over the past 50 years was identified. It has been established that at the moment they occupy about ¼ of the area of the subject’s lands covered with forest vegetation and their share is gradually increasing, which leads to a decrease in the overall productivity of forests and a deterioration in the species composition, and, consequently, in the environmental functions performed. The solution to this problem can be helped by the reconstruction of low-value plantings, which receive insufficient attention in the Voronezh region.