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botanical
GARDE’t.
? TQCT5 South Central SIBERIA
UÖDIV'(Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
Crainospermum subvillosum Lehm.
Endemio rosette plant. Upper beach.
a) Disturbed inner beach and sandy areas at
factory wharf, fpLjfch Elymus spp. (5 clones).
Undisturbed inner beach, with scattered
"estuca rubra (?), Craniospermum subvillosum
(endemic Borag.)p Trifolium lupinaster, etc.
c) Bull-dozed sandy flats on first terrace
above beach, with rich sand dune vegetation
(e,g., Patrinia sibirica, Astragalus and
Oxytropis spp., Silene jenisseensis,
Carex argunensis, Alyssum, Chamaerhodos
grandiflora),
d) Sand dunes to 15 m, with scattered groves
of Pinus sylvestris or Larix sibirica» and
many lichens, Elymus sp., etc.
e) Sandy Pinus and Larix woods with dense
Rhododendron dahuricum understory, from
lake to 1 km inland.
NW shores of Ostrov (= Island) 011khon on
the Maloe More (= Small Sea), in the
vicinity of BUKHTA PESCHANKA (= Sandy Bay),
a village with a fish packing factory for
the endemic "Omul” <= Coregonus autumnalis
ssp. migratorius), LAKE BAIKAL.
53°19fN, 107°37’E
Precip* 17D-2f|0mm
H. H, litis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
I. M. Krasnoborov
Alt. 456-470m
(1480-1500 *)
2 July 1979
no. 34«
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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