Oak is one of the most valuable and oldest species growing on the territory of Ukraine. Being more extensive in the past the area occupied by the oak due to the influence of adverse factors, human economic activities, and intensive felling significantly decreased. Ukraine's oak forests experienced the greatest extinction in the 16-19 centuries. Oak plantations are concentrated in the forest-steppe (47 %), in Polissia (26 %), steppe (12 %), Crimea (9 %), and in the Carpathians (5 %). Oak forests restoration is mostly artificial, as natural seed restoration is not given due attention. In the 1990 s, the annual volume of reforestation reached an average of 13.8 thousand hectares, forest crops were created on the area of 12.2 thousand hectares, or 88.4 %. Therefore, the problem of natural seed restoration of oak forests is relevant to the forestry of Ukraine. Tree stands with the participation of oak perform extremely important soil protection, water protection, water regulation, and recreation functions. Oak wood due to such qualities as strength, colour and texture, the ability to take polishing, and the beauty of the texture prevails upon all the wood species growing in the region. The results of our research have revealed that the percentage of the use of the typological potential of wet hailstone in the western forest-steppe is 83.8 %. The lowest percentage (70.7 %) of the use of the typological potential of this forest type was noted in the 10 year-old age group, and the highest (99.7 %) is characteristic for 21-30 year-old age group. Typological analysis of woodlands in each age group of this forest type allowed noting the significant advantage of derivatives of woodlands in 11-20 year-old age groups more than 69 %, 21-30 g more than 85 %, in the age group 41-50 g more than 55 % and the gradual growth of indigenous trees in the age groups of 51-60 g to 97 % and 71-80 g over 85 %. Similar observations in Shalankivske Forestry of the Vynohradiv Forestry State Enterprise indicate that a significant area in forestry is occupied by derivatives of forest stands where composition does not meet the established requirements. The growth of the oak under the forest tent and on logs depends on many factors. In particular, illumination plays a significant role in the survival of the undergrowth in the conditions of the western forest-steppe. The smallest otter of ordinary oak self-seeding (19.3-28.5 %) is noted on solid logs, where the felling of a tree-farm was carried out after falling acorns. Naturally reproduced oak stands are noted to grow better (at four years of age, seedlings of ordinary oak reach height of more than 2 m, while the seedlings on forest-cultivated fields of the same age rarely exceed the threshold of more than 70 cm), compete well with the steam secondary tree species, and are characterized by greater resistance to the impact of unpredictable natural and anthropogenic factors. Thus, effective use of the potential of natural reproduction of oak forests will not only reduce the costs of plant restoration, but will also contribute to a significant reduction in the cultivation of ripe oak wood and to increase the productivity of oak stands. This will also ensure the formation of more resistant to the manifestation of negative natural phenomena plantations with the participation of ordinary oak.