Plants of the Soviet Union
Laurocerasus officinalis M. Roem.
University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum ofthe North
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U.S.S.R.: Georgian SSR: Gagra, Gagrinskii Range of the Caucasus, Bzyb
River Valley.
8-10 km E of Gagra, along road to Lake Ritsa,
ca 1000 meters elevation, forest along road
T, S. Elias, G. Crow & L. Newcombe 6696
22 ]Ul'l€ 1981
Sixth Held expedition to the U,S.S.R. under the USA /USSR Cooperative Agreement in
the Protection of the Environment, Area V, Activity A - Threatened or Endangered
Species of Plants and t/ie Introduction of Exotic Species, Sponsored by the New York
Botanical Garden Cary Arboretum.

