Extremely rare dwarf form, Shikotan, Kurile Islands (Abies sakhalinensis in the background) [Vladimir Dinets] (3).
Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn: L. dahurica var. japonica Maxim. ex Regel; L. kurilensis Mayr (1).Description
See (1).Range
Russia: Sakhalin and Kuril Islands [Iturup Island, also a few dwarf trees on Shikotan Island (2)] (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Farjon 1990.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998.
(3) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 1-Feb-2000.
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