The research results of the drooping birch (Betula pendula Roth.) growth in pure and mixed phytocenosis on the southern chernozem in the steppe conditions are presented in the article. It is revealed that the nutrition area extension of one plant increases the indicators of its growth.
drooping birch (Betula pendula Roth.), pure and mixed plantings, artificial phytocenosis, south-ernchernozem, growthlinear indicators
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