Mertensia sibirica

T	South	Central	SIBERIA
UOOIV(Region of LAKE BAIKAL) AjAf
Mertensia, cf. sibiriea <L, ) G.Don f.
On cliffs and rocks.
KHAMAR-DABAN RANGE:	Montane	to alpine zone
along path in 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
H. H. Iltis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
Alt. 900-1850m
(2970-6120’)
15 July 1979
no. 9®y
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 TCQTJ South Central SIBERIA
UÖDJLV (Region of LAKE BAIKAL)1
a) Rocky open Populus suaveolens—Abies
sibiriea—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 s-eptentrionale
(= excelsum), Salix krilovii, Epilobium
angustifolium, Cirsium heterophyllum.
Alt. 1000-1330m
c) Exposed dry rocky slopes in valley with
Rhododendron chrysanthum, Vaecinium myrtf Uus 1
Solidago dahurica (virga-aurea), Sibbaldia
procumbens, Dryopteris carthusiana, Carex
globularis. Alt. 1300m
Steep, wooded marble cliffs and slopes
ca. 150m above valley, with Salix vestita,
Mertensia sibiriea, Aconitum sukaczevii
(topotype?), Asplenium viride, Woodsia.
(End of road near miners camp). Alt*1200 m
e) Mesic subalpine meadows with Aquilegia
glandulosa, Rhapont icum carthamoides,
Pedicularis incarnata, Carex mimula,
jC, spp., CL perfusca, Crepis lyrata,
Calamagrostis purpurea. Alt. l330-1500m
f) Rocky dry open subalpine forest of
Pinus sibiriea*—Abies sibiriea—Betula
pendula-platyphylla, with Rhododendron
chrysanthum, Vaecinium 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
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
15 July 1979
No.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
05105751
4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSI
Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment Project
IV.1 - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Cary
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
05105751