The present study deals with description of the state and quality of soil in coppice and comparing these variables with soils in the stands with a different type of management. One of the goals was also to describe the impact of forest management on the top soil. In order to implement the research were established four research plots on Hádecká platform so as to be within the same group of forest types, with similarity in tree species composition and history of the management, and also that differs by current type of management (false high forest without management, high forest, false high forest with active management and young coppice. The data collection was biphasic, in the first phase were measured the dendrometric data from which were subsequently calculated species composition within the research plots. Simultaneously was carried out sampling of humus and taking mixed samples of soil from the Ah horizon. In the second phase were collected undisturbed soil samples using the soil sampler. Samples from soil surveys were laboratory processed, quantified for each group of soil properties and then statistically evaluated by using ANOVA and PCA. The results have proven that the influence of forest management on state and quality of soil is not significant, it was also shown that the soil within the coppice was overall in favorable conditions. At the end of the present study is separated chapter dedicated to the application of the results in recommendations for forestry practice
