Profile distribution of mass concentrations and stocks of lead and cadmium in the soils of Kursk

The paper presents the data provides the full distribution of the mass concentrations of lead, cadmium in urban soils under herbaceous and woody plant communities. Given the reserves of lead, cadmium in metre thickness of the soil. Observed that the soil under herbaceous phytocenoses accumulate more metals than soil in forested communities. The assessment of soil quality in the city of Kursk with the use of traditional and modern methodological approaches.