Semal V.A., Tiutina V.A.
Agrarian newsletter of Primoriye 2019; (14): 45 - 52
Using the example of Cambisols in the south of the Far East of Russia, the effect of the ash content of forest litters of coniferous-deciduous forests of the subboreal zone on the processes of humus formation and humus accumulation in zonal soils is shown. The characteristics and ash composition of forest litter and the peculiarities of humification in Cambisols series of different geomorphological position are considered on the example of the Lazovsky nature reserve named after them. L.G. Kaplanova (southeastern slopes of Sikhote-Alin). It is shown that the type of litter and its ash composition shows not only the direction of transformation of plant matter, but also humus formation. The revealed contradictions between the ash composition of litters and the degree of their decomposition are explained by the species composition of plant litter.
