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Boreal Stone Birch Forests | ||||||
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Stonebirch communities occupy the lower and middle mountain belt in Southern Kamchatka landscape Tall herb communities are the major type for Betula ermanii forests on Sakhalin, Kurils and Kamchatka One of the representative of tall herb communities in Kamchatka and Kurils - Filipendula camtschatica (h = 2m) |
The stonebirch community with Pinus pumila in the understorey is typical for the timberline Petasites amplus - typical to Sakhalin and Kurils (h = 1.5m) Monster plant of Senecio cannabifolius reaching a height 3.2m on Sakhalin |
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