Flora
Vegetation consists mainly of vast, dense forests of Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii), with Siberian Larch (Larix sibirica) and the hybrid between the Dahurian and Siberian Larches (Larix x czekanowskii) occurring in the west. Throughout the ecoregion, smaller areas dominated by Siberian Pine (Pinus sibirica), Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Siberian Spruce (Picea obovata) and Siberian Fir (Abies sibirica) can be found. Pine forests and deciduous forests composed of birch and poplar species become more common as one moves south, and at the headwaters of the Lena River and the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, as well as in the Angara River basin, steppe and shrub-steppe communities can be found along with areas of forest-steppe.
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