In 1989 the Crimean Mountain karst was recognised as a regional nature reserve.

Additionally, the top of the karst is home to beech and pine forests, as well as meadows and areas dominated by Cerastium biebersteinii.

Minerals found in the cavities include: calcite, gypsum, goethite, aragonite, illite, quartz, kaolinite and pyrolusite.

[1] The Crimean Mountain karst was recognised as a regional nature preserve by the Ukrainian SSR on 13 February 1989, alongside several other areas throughout Ukraine.

[4] Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the Crimean Mountain karst has been recognised as a State Geographical Nature Reserve of Regional Importance (Russian: Государственный природный заказник регионального значения, romanized: Gosudarstvennyi prirodnyi zakaznik regionalnogo znacheniya), equivalent to the Ukrainian title of regional nature reserve.