Scot s pine natural renewal as an object for the natural environment condition monitoring near the town of Svobodny (Amur region)

In the vicinity of Svobodny in the Amur Region, there are the world’s largest natural gas processing and helium production enterprises. In this regard, the relevance of an objective assessment of the environmental situation is especially important. In the work, the author defines indicator properties of the Scots pine natural regeneration. He gives the analysis of undergrowth parameters in areas with different degrees of anthropogenic load. It is established that the indicators of the number of specimens per unit area, age structure, growth and vitality of Scots pine in the vicinity of Svobodny can have an indicative value for environmental monitoring of the territory.