Vegetation of the natural monument "Gerasimovskaya oak grove" (Alekseyevsky district of the Samara region)

The article considers the main communities forming the forest area of the natural monument "Gerasimovskaya oak grove", their distribution depending on environmental conditions, determines the value and nature of anthropogenic impact on vegetation, analyzes the current state of phytocenoses. The main plant communities are characterized (associations of Ouercus robur - Huonymus verrucosa - Convallaria majalis, Populus tremula - Aegopodium podagraria, Populus tremula - heteroherbosa ). Gerasimovskaya oak grove as a Botanical object, can serve as a place for excursions of schoolchildren to nature for the purpose of environmental education and a place for practical activities for forest care. The forest area is valuable as a natural and historical natural object, a Botanical natural monument of scientific and educational significance, a place of rest and is subject to full protection.