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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Gymnocarpium dryopteris 718x500 (~112Kb) The Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) taiga in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Camptosorus sibiricus 833x500 (~176Kb) Rocks on the southern slope of the Budyumkan River valley 7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Salvinia natans 766x468 (~122Kb) A mortlake Dolgoe on the Ob' River right floodland at the village Nizhnyaya El'tsovka, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 30th August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Larix sibirica 800x526 (~108Kb) The SW-exposed slope of the small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, 2200 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Larix gmelinii 400x632 (~59Kb) The Budyumkan River left bank 5-7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Larix gmelinii 400x615 (~126Kb) The Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pinus sylvestris krylovii 769x500 (~63Kb) Right bank of the Onon River 12 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Region, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pinus cembra sibirica 800x566 (~124Kb) Subalpine Siberian stone pine parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass through the Seminskii mountain range, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spiraea crenata 504x790 (~127Kb) The western slope of the hill Sopka Lysaya of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Spiraea crenata 600x406 (~70Kb) The western slope of the hill Sopka Lysaya of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spiraea alpina 576x874 (~158Kb) An ancient moraine closing the cirque of the sources of the rivulet descending southward from the the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Sorbaria sorbifolia 400x626 (~79Kb) An open silver and Dahurian birch/Dahurian larch/pine forest on a southern slope of the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 29th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Dasiphora fruticosa 400x577 (~77Kb) A bank of a pool on an old quarry on the Gazimurskii Mt. Range on a left tributary of the Budyumkan River about 30 km upstream of the village Budyumkan, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 4th August 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Dasiphora fruticosa 796x522 (~166Kb) An ancient moraine closing the cirque of the sources of the rivulet descending southward from the the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Comarum salesovianum 550x798 (~84Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Cotoneaster melanocarpus 784x508 (~76Kb) Steppefied stony slopes of the Koynikha Rivulet valley just above the village Shibkovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 23rd August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Astragalus macropterus 562x397 (~80Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cicer soongaricum 400x600 (~85Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Cicer soongaricum 400x600 (~29Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lathyrus tuberosus 400x621 (~79Kb) A high right bank terrace of the Inyua River at the halt Razyezd Inya, Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hedysarum austrosibiricum 516x776 (~137Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2400 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hedysarum gmelinii 600x400 (~90Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Viburnum opulus 500x775 (~137Kb) An edge of a mixed asp/birch forest on a hill above the Berd' river right bank, on the elevation called Salairskii Kryazh, At the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, W Siberia, Russia 14th of September 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lonicera tatarica 400x660 (~112Kb) A bushy meadow in the Ik River valley just upstream of the village Novososedovo, the Salairskii Kryazh elevation, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 31st May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Betula nana rotundifolia 798x534 (~172Kb) A subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, the Seminskii Pass through the Seminskii Mt. Range, Altai Mts., 9th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Betula davurica 400x624 (~92Kb) A gentle eastern slope of a mountain on the Argun' River left bank 10 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 27th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Quercus mongolica 390x616 (~95Kb) An open pine/Dahurian larch/Dahurian birch forest on a local hill crest at the Budyumkan River left bank 5 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Daphne mezereum 500x779 (~87Kb) A fir/lime forest on a ridge 10 km E of village Kuzedeevo. the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., the elevation of Gornaya Shoria, Kemerovo Region, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tilia nasczokini 400x515 (~88Kb) A mixed pine/birch forest, with admixture of Tilia nasczokini, in the valley Log Kashtak on the Yenisei right bank just at Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia. 11th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tilia sibirica 400x647 (~115Kb) About 3 km NE of the junction of Bol'shoi Tesh and Malyi Tesh Rivers. 17th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Euphorbia pilosa 770x500 (~107Kb) The valley of the Shadrikha rivulet 1 km upstream of the village Melnichikha, the Novosibirsk distr. and region, West Siberia, Russia. 1st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hypericum ascyron 620x500 (~52Kb) A damp meadow on the Budyumkan River right floodland 5 km of its confluence with the Argun' River 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Trollius asiaticus 450x677 (~60Kb) A damp meadow on the Shadrikha Rivulet right bank 2 km upstream of the village Mel'nichikha (Shadrikha), Novosibirsk district and Region, West Siberia, Russia. 20th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aquilegia glandulosa 534x776 (~194Kb) A rock on the Sarlyk Mountain western slope, 2400 m above sea level, the Seminskii Mt. Range, Altai Mts., 9th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Actaea erythrocarpa 529x785 (~81Kb) A pine forest at the Ob' River right floodland between the villages Nizhnyaya El'tsovka and Pravye Chemy, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Delphinium grandiflorum 400x611 (~64Kb) A meadow steppes on a moderate elevation 2 km NE of the town Borzya, Borzya District, Chita Region, E Transbaikalia. 22nd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ranunculus altaicus 678x508 (~102Kb) Boggy chionophylic meadowy tundra in the cirque of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ranunculus altaicus 740x504 (~129Kb) Boggy chionophylic meadowy tundra in the cirque of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Adonis vernalis 400x611 (~81Kb) A south-exposed right slope of the Inya River valley just upstream of the halt Inya, Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia.19th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Anemone sylvestris 769x500 (~166Kb) An edge of a silver birch (Betula pendula Roth. (= Betula verrucosa Ehrh.)) forest at the village Klyuchi, Novosibirsk District and Region, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Anemone patens 502x772 (~95Kb) a white form, on the rocks on the Berd' River right bank 5 km east of the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 10th of July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Anemone patens 400x542 (~82Kb) yellow form on a meadow steppe on the Shipunikha Rivulet right bank terrace 2 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Clematis alpina sibirica 800x559 (~108Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Clematis hexapetala 678x496 (~74Kb) The island Kharganai between the Onon River arms at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Region, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 21th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphaea alba candida 760x494 (~53Kb) A mortlake Dolgoe on the Ob' River right floodland at the village Nizhnyaya El'tsovka, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Menispermum dauricum 795x500 (~155Kb) Bush thickets on the Onon River left bank floodland 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Region, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papaver nudicaule 400x630 (~91Kb) The Onon River right bank 7 km upstream of the village Nizhniy Tsasuchey, Onon District, SE Chita region, Transbaikalia, Siberia, 18th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papaver nudicaule 724x492 (~60Kb) A rocky cliff above the famous Onon River in Dahuria. 5km west of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Regin, Transbaikalia, E Siberia, Russia. 18th of June 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papaver nudicaule 714x466 (~102Kb) A large-stoned scree on a sharp crest dividing the headwater cirques of the the Chikty Rivulet and a next eastward rivulet, 3000 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Corydalis stricta 540x792 (~122Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Corydalis stricta 542x396 (~94Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Alyssum lenense 400x624 (~107Kb) A cliff of the Shipunikha Rivulet right bank terrace 2 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Alyssum obovatum 792x480 (~149Kb) The southern slope of the hill Sopka Lysaty of the hill range Bugotakssie Sopki at the settlement Gornyi, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Clausia aprica 500x744 (~98Kb) The southern slope of the hill Sopka Mokhnataya of the hill range Bugotakssie Sopki at the settlement Gornyi, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin