Betula litwinowii specimen from Georgia

Plants of the Republic of Georgia BETULACEAE Betula litwinowii Doluch. det. G Nakhutsrishvili, 2002 The Republic of Georgia, Kazbegi District.. Dariali Gorge, slopes above Georgian Military Highway, about 300 m south of border with Russian Federation. 42° 44.101'N: 44° 37.859 E. Elevation: ca. 1350 m. (coordinates and elevation from hand-held GPS coordinates accurate to within a radius of about 25 m) Rocky slopes with Pinus sosnowski, Juniperus hemisphaerica, Ephedra procera, Spiraea crenata, Rosa sp., Berberis vulgaris and Viburnum orientale 10 JUN 2021 Collected by: Daniel E. Atha 2710 BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS 01 June 2002 The New York Botanical Garden Purpose: DNA materials sampled Name: Tingshuang Yi: Date: 2018 Institute: Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS Project: The global diversification of the nitrogen-fixed clade in space and time