Year: 2019, Number: 3, Pages: 104-123
Characteristic of a soil cover of reserves of Primorye Territory about the positions of a possibility of selection of reference soils of virgin sites covering everything the main ecosystems of the region is considered. Selection of reference soils relies on soil-geographical zonation of the territory. The systematic list of soils of reserves on the basis of cartographic materials the Soil map of Primorye Territory of scale 1: 500,000 is made. The areas of soils are counted and their share in a soil cover of each reserve is calculated. The analysis of placement of reserves in the territory of Primorye Territory showed that they are rationally placed within the existing natural zones and rather fully reflect a variety of soils of the region. The structure of soils of reserves differs on the prevailing soils and corresponds to structure of background soils of the main taxons of soil-geographical zonation of Primorye Territory. The absence as a part of a soil cover of the existing reserves of the brown bleached and meadow-brown soils (when using cards of this scale) which are intensively used in agricultural production of the region complicates selection them as reference of soils. The correlation of the nomenclature of soils of the systematic list with the modern classification of soils of Russia is carried out.