The textbook for the study of the discipline "Flora and fauna of the Kursk region" contains the necessary floristic summaries , Methodological materials and background information , compiled in accordance with the curriculum in the areas of environmental profile of students of the Faculty of Agrotechnology in the process of performing laboratory and seminar work . The origin, species composition morphology and systematics of flora and fauna of the Kursk region are studied. Information is provided on the distribution and environmental specificity of the representatives of flora and fauna identified to date . Separate sections are devoted to the history of the vegetation cover of the Kursk region, the physico-geographical characteristics of its territory. For students of agrotechnological faculty, employees of environmental, forest and agricultural organizations .