pumila

About 40% of ecoregion area is occupied by sparse larch forests with dwarf shrub-lichen ground cover and by brushwoods of Pinus pumila.

Northeast Siberian taiga 2008

These sandy areas are characterized by trees such as Ulmus pumila, Populus tremula, and Padus asiatica, and several willow species (Salix pentandra, S. tenuifolia) in wetter locations.

Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe 2008

The high altitude meadows support thickets of dwarf Siberian pine P. pumila and birch Betula middendorfii.

Lake Baikal Basin, Russian Federation 2008

Sparse larch tree stands with understorey of Betula middendorffii, Pinus pumila, Salix kolymensis and moss-lichen cover are distributed in the western, eastern and southern parts.

Northeast Siberian taiga 2008

At higher altitudes are pure stands of fir Abies sibirica and Pinus sibirica forest with Korean pine Pinus koraiensis (R) and black spruce Picea obovata, followed still higher up by thickets of dwarf pine Pinus pumila.

Lake Baikal Basin, Russian Federation 2008

Stony slopes support Japanese stone pine (Pinus pumila).

Mongolian-Manchurian grassland 2008

The flora of the Central Sikhote-Alin is unique, with the virgin pine-broad-leaf, dark coniferous, bright coniferous forests and high mountain plots (with Betula ermanii, Pinus pumila, Rhododendron sp. and Rhodococcum vitis-idaea).

Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

The lower slopes of the range support semi-arid valleys where shrubby Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) grows near the sandy beds of intermittent streams.

Helanshan montane conifer forests 2008

On mountain slopes can be observe the changing of steppes from desert steppes and dry shrub steppes with Caragana pumila up to meadow steppe with fragments of brushwood (Spiraea trilobata, Caragana arborescens, Daphne altaica).

Kazakh upland 2008

Above these is an alpine zone of stone pine Pinus pumila scrub and deciduous thicket.

Shiretoko, Japan 2008