Forest communities with the Berberis aquifolium Pursh in the territory of the «Yalta Mountain Forest» Nature Reserve are described. As a result of cluster analysis, five phytocenons were identified, differing in structure and composition (species richness- 29-65). The first group includes communities belonging to the Quercetea pubescentis class, distributed at 300 460 and 200-320 m above sea level. The second group includes communities growing at 320-530 m above sea level, belonging to the Erico-Pinetea class.

Z.D. Bondarenko, N.A. Bagrikova