New locality record of Cypripedium guttatum (Orchidaceae) in Sakhalin Island
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A new locality of Cypripedium guttatum was discovered near the right-of-way zone of the oil-gas pipeline in the Makarovskiy District, south of Sakhalin Island (48.2248° N, 142.5470° E). We guess, that propagules of plants were dispersal from the nearest localityon Zhdanko Ridge, 10 km south. Over the 5 years since the first record of C. guttatum in 2016, the subpopulations increased almost 10 times, which indicates the successful introduction into the plant community.