Russian Federation, Along path up steep (600m high), forested SE-facing escarpment of Primorskii Khrebet (= Range) along Lake Baikal, ca. 1-3 km SSW of BUKHTA (= Bay) PESCHANAYA (= Sandy Bay), ca. 89 km NE of mouth of Angara River.
52.366667 105.833333
52° 22' N 105° 50' E
480-970 meters (1574-3182ft)
Dry, sandy, sunny, secondary Pinus sylvestris -- Larix sibirica forest (burned and cut ca. 50 years ago) with Cladonia spp. and open, or with dense Rhododendron dahuricum shrub layer, on gentle slower slopes