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THE vegetation and flora of Kamchatka are still very little known, and the book by V. L. Komarov, recently published by the Russian Academy of Sciences, is therefore of considerable interest. The flora of Kamchatka may be divided into three groups: (1) That of central Kamchatka, with its spruce and larch forests; (2) flora typical of the peninsula, for the greater part composed of Betula Ermani; (3) the subalpine and alpine flora. The variety of species is limited, phanerogamous plants and filicoids together scarcely exceeding 780 species. This peculiarity is chiefly due to severe climate and frequent volcanic activity.
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"Flora Peninsulæ; Kamtschatka." By V. L. Komarov. Pp. 339 + 13 plates. (Leningrad: Academy of Sciences, 1927).
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The Vegetation of Kamchatka1. Nature 122, 1014 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/1221014a0
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