Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

The features of pine growth in plantations and natural stands have been researched. It’s approved the capability of afforestation ravine and gully land naturally. Stocktaking pine growth in diameter and height of these stands showed that in the first decades of self-seeding saved not only created stands of natural origin, but had a definite advantage in energy growth compared with growth stands of artificial origin at this stage.

erosion control plantings, pine plantations, natural stands, ravinebeam lands, self-seeding, growth