Types of legal relations in the field of reproduction of natural plant resources

The author conducted a comprehensive study of the current state of legislative support for the legal regulation of relations in the field of reproduction of natural plant resources and presented  the results in the article. In addition, due to the processing of special literature and the study of prescriptions of regulatory legal acts, the existing problems and ways of solving them were clearly outlined, proposals were made to improve the current ecological, in particular floristic, legislation (legislation on plant life), the feasibility of making changes and additions to the current Law of Ukraine "On the Plant World" and future normative acts in case of their adoption (Floristic Code of Ukraine and Ecological Code of Ukraine) were substantiated. 
The signs and types of legal relations in the field of reproduction of natural plant resources were considered in detail. Based on the opinions of lawyers and scientists - representatives of the natural sciences, as well as the analysis of the provisions of normative legal acts on a certain topic, the main criteria for the classification of reproductive legal relations were established. Thus, with regard to natural plant resources, it is proposed to consider the following as the main criteria: object of legal relations; subjects of legal relations (legal relations on the reproduction of natural plant resources with the participation of land plot owners and legal relations on the reproduction of natural plant resources with the participation of users (including tenants) of such plots, etc.); areas of activity (legal relations to prevent unwanted changes in natural plant resources, etc.); place of growth and importance of natural plant resources (legal relations regarding the reproduction of natural plant resources of national importance within the limits of internal sea waters and the territorial sea; natural plant resources within the limits of surface waters located and used in the territory of one region, i.e. of local importance, etc.); method of reproduction (legal relations on the natural reproduction of natural plant resources; legal relations on the artificial reproduction of natural plant resources). Their definitions and characteristics were provided.