28 July 2010.
Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation
Locality: Mount Elbrus near Terskol
Coordinates: 43.2740, 42.4610
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Elevation: 2925m.
Environment description: Alpine-above treeline. Disturbed site near end of first gondola station, rocky, steep (35%) slope, east exposure, volcanic parent material: seed collected from >100 plants
Number of plants sampled: 100
Associated species: Elbrus district Assoc. sp.: Poa alpina, Festuca sp., Matcricaria caucasica, Veronica minuta, Scrophularia olympica, Matricaria subnivalis, Senecio susmovskii
Comment: Elbrus district
Collector(s): - Dzyubenko, Elena, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research
- Dzyubenko, Nickolai, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research
- Johnson, Douglas A., USDA, ARS
- Johnson, Paul G., Utah State University
- Soreng, Robert J., National Musuem of Natural History