Аннотация:Soddy-podzolic soils of the Sudogda River basin (Vladimir oblast) are studied. Data on the properties of these soils and phytomass productivity are presented. Weak development of podzolization and its morphological vagueness depend on the low humidity of soils due to the qualities of soil-forming rock. The low stock of aboveground phytomass depends on the composition of vegetation growing in this territory and indirectly confirms the influence of the low moisture content in the soil.