Soil cover of the north-eastern part of the Chernokhora Mts. (Ukraine)

Soil cover in the investigated area of the Chernokhora Mts. is characterized by shallow soil profile containing a lot of unweathering crumbs of sandstone and specific character of organic matter. It is a result of very hard bedrock (especially sandstones), intensive morfphogenetic processes and very humid and cold climate. Under beech and spruce forests Dystric Cambisols and Cambic Leptosols prevail. In subalpine and alpine areas Umbric Leptosols, Lithic Leptosols and Dystric Regosols occur. The Pulmonario- Alnetum viridis vegetation occur on Hapli-Eutric Gleysols enriched by waters migrating among rocks.