GEOBOTANICAL INDICATION OF TIN DEPOSITS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST SOUTH
Geobotanical indication of ore deposits has great prospects in the search for ore deposits and in assessing the degree of heavy metal contamination, especially in mining areas. The disadvantage of bioindication, which consists in the difficulty of interpreting the results, is the availability and cheapness of the method. Specialized experimental and methodological studies of phytocenoses in the vast territories of the Russian Far East were carried out to develop scientific foundations and specific practical techniques for applying the geobotanical indication method in areas of known tin ore deposits with accompanying elements. We evaluated the biocenological, morphological and phenological characteristics of plants distributed in tin ore deposits in the South of the Russian Far East. Several plant species have been identified as indicators of tin occurrence, and specific morphological and phenological deviations in plant development have been described. The article substantiates the possibility of using the identified geobotanical indicators in the practice of searching for tin ores, as well as their application to assess the ecological state in the mining regions of the Far East of Russia.