Flag forms of Pinus sibirica Du Tour (= Pinus cembra sibirica) - Siberian Stone Pine -on a crest of the small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau. Apart seen are the woods of Larix sibirica Ledeb. - Siberian Larch.

The basin of the upper Dzhazator River (seen apart), 2200 mabove sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1998. O. Kosterin.

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