Betula microphylla Bunge

USSR_
South Central SIBERIA
(Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
a) Herbaceous sedge meadow and Salix shrub
"carry with Hypericum pyramidatum(?), Stachys
palustris, Lathyrus pratensis, Polemonium
coeruleum, and Carex spp. in massive tussocks.
f b/ Open Sphagnum—Chamaedaphne calyculata
Dog with Ledum palustre, Carex spp., Salix
spp., Smilacina trifolia, Eriophorum,
Drosera rotundifolia.
c)	Late stage, shaded Sphagnum bog, with
Calamagrostis sp. and many Betula pendula
trees.
d)	Roadsides and waste ground by river.
In valley of Korolok River ( a small
tributary of the Angara) NW of bridge
before village of Burgakovka, ca. 28 km
SE of Irkutsk, on highway to LISTVYANKA..
ca. 57°07’N, 104°33'E
H. H. Iltis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
Alt. ca. 430m
7 July 1979
No.
04359184
4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSR
: Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment, Project
j IV.I - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Cary
J Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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