Vaccinium uliginosum L.

USSR.
South Central SIBERIA
(Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
Vaccinium uliginosum L.
3-5dm tall. Berries still green.
Ledum palustre-Sphagnum bog with scattered
Larix sibirica and Pinus sibirica. Assoc.
spp.: Vaccinium (Oxycoccus) microcarpum,
V.	vitis-idaea, V. uliginosum, Empetrum
nigrum, Rhododendron parvifolium, Betula
cf. rotundifolia, Salix spp., Carex ssp.,
Parnassia palustris, Utricularia minor,
Drosera rotundifolia, Rubus chamaemorus«
Smilacina trifolia, Luzula sibirica.
Valley of Bystraya River: 1.8 km E of
BYSTRAYA (0.3 km W of bridge), 18.2 km
W of KULTUK(at W end of LAKE BAIKAL).
51°44'N, 103°211E
H. H. Iltis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
Alt. 660m (2160’)
14 July 1979
no. 2S0
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 Cary
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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