Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.

^jggj^South Central SIBERIA
(Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link)
Schultes
Steppe above sandy beach.
a) Rocky (limestone?), steep, S-facing
talus slope beneath big cliff, with sparse,
treeless steppe vegetation (e.g., Lilium
pumilum, Orostachys spinosa, Patrinia
rupestris, Vicia multicaulis, Dianthus
versicolor, etc.).
(bj Sandy wet lake shores with Carex and
Deschampsia tussocks.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Ostrov (= Island) Zumugoi, a small, ungrazed
island in the Maloe More ("Small Sea")
of Lake Baikal, just north off west end of
Ostrov 011khon. ca. 204 km NE of mouth of
Angara River.
53°09’N, 107°04’E	Alt. ca. 456-480m
Precip. ca. 170-200mm	(1486-1580')
H.	H. IItis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
I.	M. Krasnoborov
1 July 1979
No. 320
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 Carv
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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