Elymus sajanensis (Nevski) Tzvelev

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ELYMUS SAJÄNENSIS (NEVSK I) TZVEL.
(=AGROPYRON SAJANENSE i'NEVSKI) GRUB.)
DET, IN DUPL. ft?.N. TZVELEV 1982
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?yggj^South Central SIBERIA
'Buryat Autonomous Republic
Agropyron
Ledges neai\ bottom of gorge, along
path.
(*p E-facing, cool, moist mossy cliffs ledges
and slopes, with scattered Abies, Pinus, and
Betula on the bottom of inner canyon of
Arshan River; with Paraquilegia microphylla,
Saxifraga oppositifolia, Tofieldia coccinea,
Parnassia laxmannii, Primula farinosa,
Campanula dasyantha, C^. turczaninovii and
other alpine taxa (here due to cold-air
drainage?(at 1200 m)--timberline is 1600 m) .
Dry, exposed, S-facing slopes, talus
and cliff ledges, with scattered Pinus
sylvestris, 10-20m above bottom of inner
canyon, with Cypripedium guttatum,
Saussurea sp., Potentilla nivea, Chamae-
rhodos sp., mat-forming Salix, many lichens.
c)	Dry wooded cliff 100m above gorge.
d)	Mesic to moist Larix sibirica, Betula
pendula, Pinus sylvestris forests on very
steep slopes near mouth of canyon of Arshan
River; with Festuca sibirica, Aconitum
septentrionalis, Zigadenus sibiricus,
Melica, Hedysarum, Bupleurum, Saussurea
parviflora.
EASTERN SAYAN MOUNTAINS, 1-2 km N of Arshan
along hiking path following the Arshan River
canyon.
51°55’N, 102°27’E
H. H. Iltis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
Alt. 1000-1200m
13 July 1979
No. 692
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4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSR
Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment Project
VI.I - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Carv
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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