Festuca rubra L.

T TCCrn South Central SIBERIA A/l^f
UDDIV(Region o£ LAKE BAIKAL)
Festuca rubra L.
In fine-stemmed, large clumps rooted
deep in loose sand on upppr beach.
Infl. erect.
a) Disturbed inner beach and sandy areas at
factory wharf, with Elymus spp. (5 clones).
Undisturbed inner beach, with scattered
stuca rubra(?), Craniospermum subvillosum
(endemic Borag.), 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.
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton	No.
I. M. Krasnoborov
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.
53°19fN, 107°37'E
Precip. 170-200mm
H. H. litis
Alt. 456-470m
(1480-1500T)
2 July 1979
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