The specific natural features of the region limit the biological potential of valuable plant communities. This is true not only for the endemic and rare plants, but also for those species which cover great areas and thus have significant amount of resources, such as sagebrush, reeds, liquorice, juniper and other species. With the development of the state and private enterprises that use plants, the human pressure on these natural communities has increased, causing the constantly growing decline in their economic productivity.
Intensive collection of such plants endangers the natural plant communities. Such changes usually indicate that the use of these plant resources is excessive.

The causes for the sharp decrease in the numbers of some medicinal plants are cultivation of land, cattle grazing, hay harvesting, and others. The remaining communities of many species of medicinal and technical plants became sparser, and the plants became weaker and poorly developed. Considerable efforts should be made to restore these species and improve their condition.