Festuca rubra L.

y TQQTÎ South Central SIBERIA
UODIV'(Region o£ LAKE BAIKAL)
Festuca rubra L.
Loose sandy upper beach. Infl. nodding; older
stage?
a) Disturbed inner beach and sandy areas at
factory wharf, with Elymus spp. (5 clones).
fbn Undisturbed inner beach, with scattered
Festuca 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
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.
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NW shores of Ostrov (= Island) 01 *khon 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°19'N, 107°37'E
Precip. 170-200mm
H.	H. Iltis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
I.	M. Krasnoborov
Alt. 456-470m
(1480-1500’)
2 July 1979
no. 3H7
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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