Rhododendron camtschaticum Pall.

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International Sakhalin Island Project 2003
Rhododendron camtschaticum Pallas	Ericaceae
Det. by Ben Legler, 14 Oct 2003 Fide: FI. USSR
Russian Federation, Sakhalin Region:
Sakhalin Island, east coast; mouth of Tukhaya River ca 17 km
north of town of Vzmor’ye and 70 km south of Makarov.
40m/13 lft.
Steep windswept slopes and cliffs above beach, with some dwarfed
Betula forest in depressions, mostly lower growing herbs and talus
on exposed slopes; parent rock partly calcareous.
Mat-forming shrub to 2 dm tall on open rocky slope.
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