. The vegetation of the Siberian-Mongolian frontiers (the Sayansk region). Botany; Botany. , which is very common and characteristic in similar localities. In the following I shall give a summary of the plants I met with at Ust Tara-kem in order to illustrate the composition of the vegetation of these regions. In the larch-forest and on the wood-steppes, the following species of plants, giving their stamp to the scenery, are common:. Fig. 56. Look-out on swampy land at the Dora Steppe, near the sacred lake Todshi-kul. The declivities in the foreground are grown with Lychnis sibirica
. The vegetation of the Siberian-Mongolian frontiers (the Sayansk region). Botany; Botany. , which is very common and characteristic in similar localities. In the following I shall give a summary of the plants I met with at Ust Tara-kem in order to illustrate the composition of the vegetation of these regions. In the larch-forest and on the wood-steppes, the following species of plants, giving their stamp to the scenery, are common:. Fig. 56. Look-out on swampy land at the Dora Steppe, near the sacred lake Todshi-kul. The declivities in the foreground are grown with Lychnis sibirica, Sedum hybndum, Artemisia sacrorum, Artemisia laciniata, and various grasses; the swamps with Potamogeton natans, Polggonumamphibiam,Batomasumbellatus,Soil pus Tabernaemontani, and various sedges. In the background the Bei-kem is seen. Vegetation at Ust Tara-kem, about 880 m. above sea-level. Aconilum barbalum, Draba nemorosa, Galium boreale, Galium varum, Scabiosa ochroleuca, Achillea Millefolium, Achillea impatiens, Aster alpinus, Pgrola rotundifolia var. incarnata, Triiicum crislatum, Phleum Boehmeri, Polygonum undulatum var. alpinam, Leontopodium alpinum, Medicago platycaipa, Lathyrus pisiformis, Chamaerhodos erecta, Polentilla fruticosa, Rubus saxatilis, Rosa acicularis, Sedum purpureum, Bupleurum muUinerve, Solidago Virgaurea, Hypochaeiis maculata, Campanula glomeraia, Gentiana Amarella, Bromus inermis, and Brachypodium pinnatum. On dry, open steppes and on rocky slopes occur: Thalictrum petaloideum, Arabis incarnata, Alyssum lenense, Silene repens, Lychnis sibirica, Sedum hybridum, Gentiana decumbens, Sisymbrium heteromallum. Ephedra vulgaiis. Cotyledon spinosa, Atraphaxis frutescens, Hedysaium polymorphum, Potentilla chrysantha, Potentilla subacaulis, Fragaria collina, Agrimonia pilosa, Peucedanum baicalense, Galatella punctata, Artemisia sacrorum, Aitemisia laciniata, Cirsium acaule, and Dracocephalum nutans. On the flood-plains are to be found, besides natural meadow
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