Nardus stricta L.

T TCCD South Central SIBERIA
Iw'OOlV'(Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
Nardus stricta L.
Common in subalpine zone in between grazed
Rhododendron chrysanthem thickets.
N-slope of KHAMAR-DABAN RANGE, at upper
reaches of Slyudyanka River valley, 10-14
km SSW of SLYUDYANKA (SW end of LAKE BAIKAL) .
51°33-35’N, 103°36-38'E Alt. 900-1850m
(2970-6120')
H. H. Iltis	15 July 1979
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton	No.
4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSR
Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment. Project
IV.I - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Cary
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
t TQCTÎ South Central SIBERIA
UOÖ1V (Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
a)	Rocky open Populus suaveolens—Abies
sibirica—Picea obovata—Pinus sylvestris
montane mixed forests along Slyudyanka R.,
with Aconitum czekanovskyi, Delphinium
elatum, etc. Alt. 1000-1400m
b)	Lush moist to wet herbaceous montane—
subalpine meadows and streamsides, with
Delphinium elatum, Aconitum septentrionale
(= excelsum), Salix krilovii, Epilobium
angustifolium, Cirsium heterophyllum.
Alt. 1000-1330m
c)	Exposed dry rocky slopes in valley with
Rhododendron chrysanthum, Vaccinium myrtillus,
Solidago dahurica (virga-aurea), Sibbaldia
procumbens, Dryopteris carthusiana, Carex
globularis. Alt. 1300m
d)	Steep, wooded marble cliffs and slopes
ca. 150m above valley, with Salix vestita,
Mertensia sibirica, Aconitum sukaczevii
(topotype?), Asplénium viride, Woodsia.
(End of road near miners camp). Alt. 1200 m
e)	Mesic subalpine meadows with Aquilegia
glandulosa, Rhaponticum carthamoides,
Pedicularis incarnata, Carex mimula,
J|* spp., C^. perfusca, Crepis lyrata,
Calamagrostis purpurea. Alt. 1330-1500m
ffHRocky dry open subalpine forest of
nnus sibirica—Abies sibirica—Betula
pendula-platyphylla, with Rhododendron
chrysanthum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Alnus
fruticosa, Salix krilovii, Lycopodium
alpinum, Nardus stricta, Carex in under-
story. Alt. 1500-1700m
g) Alpine shrub community of Rhododendron
chrysanthum, Phyllodoce coerulea, Pinus
pumila, Salix krilovii, Gentiana algida,
Trollius cf. asiaticus. Alt. 1850m
H. H. Iltis	15 juiy i979
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton	No
4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSI
Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment, Project
IV.I - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Cary
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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