COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLANT ASSOCIATIONS RECORDED WITH THE PRESENCE OF JUNIPERUS FOETIDISSIMA WILLD. IN AZERBAIJAN

Abstract Ecological monitoring and evaluation of coenopopulations of rare and endangered species are very relevant in terms of enrichment and protection of wild flora. In this regard, we paid special attention to the ecological evaluation of Juniperus foetidissima Willd. included in the Red Book of Azerbaijan. In the wild flora, this plant is distributed in the territory of the republic in the Nakhchivanchay basin, in the territory of the Lesser Caucasus and Shamkir region, in the lower and middle mountainous belt of the Dubrar mountain, in the territory of Gobustan and in the territory of the Turyanchay State Nature Reserve.