Historical Aspects of Forest Typology Formation in Mountain Crimea
Journal: Bulletin of Science and Practice
Year: 2025

The foundations and causes of the emergence of forest typology as a science are revealed. The role of the local population, which gave the folk names to the forests, is shown, and their qualitative category, which depends on the richness and moisture of the soil, is described. The history of forest typology, which began in 1870 with A.F. Rudzky, is highlighted. His student and follower, forester D.M. Kravchinsky, was the first to propose the term "forest type" or "planting type". G.F. Morozov la