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Images from 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	Minuartia verna 746x502 (~97Kb) Detritous banks of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 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	Cerastium lithospermifolium 786x492 (~74Kb) 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
Lychnis fulgens 585x400 (~77Kb) 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	Lychnis fulgens 753x500 (~76Kb) 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	Gastrolychnis tristis 520x800 (~104Kb) An alpine meadow at the sources of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 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. 13th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nanophyton grubovii 749x500 (~63Kb) A typical xerophyte cushion plant, Nanophyton grubovii Pratov (= N. erinaceum auct. fl. sib. non Pallas nec Bunge) (Chenoposiaceae), together with dens- cespitulose grasses (Psathyrostachys juncea (Fischer) Nevski, Stipa glareosa P. Smirnov, S. orientalis Trin., etc.) dominates in desertified steppes of Ubsu-Nur (Uvs-Nur) Hollow in South Tuva. Being digged out of the ground, it resembles bansai. -- A desertified steppe between the Shivilig-Khem and Tes-Khem Rivers, Erzin District, Tuva republic, 5th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lythrum salicaria 550x359 (~86Kb) A small forest swamp on the Ob' River right floodland between the villages Nizhnyaya El'tsovka and Pravye Chemy, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Gentiana barbata 400x630 (~86Kb) Swamped 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
Gentiana barbata 400x616 (~107Kb) Swamped 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	Gentiana decumbens 400x598 (~76Kb) A steppefied southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Gentiana grandiflora 652x488 (~80Kb) A large-stoned scree on a sharp crest dividing the headwater cirques of the the Chikty Rivulet and a next eastward rivulet, 2800 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
Gentiana uniflora 706x508 (~146Kb) An alpine meadow in the Chikty Rivulet valley, the southermprincipal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Gentianella tenella 786x486 (~134Kb) Gentiana tenella Rottb. Rottb.(= Comostoma tenellum (Rottb.) Toyokuni) growing on a stone-like cusion of a highland cryohpyte higher plant Thylacospermum caespitosum (Camb.) Schischk. (= Peryandra caespitosa Camb.; = Lourensia caespitosa Camb.) (Caryophyllaceae), which provides growing conditions for many higher plants on barren rocks at very high altitudes. An ancient moraine in the Tyshkan River headwaters, 3400 m above sea level, 45 km NEN of Zharkent, 20 km NEN of village Sarybel', the mountain massif Tyshkantau within the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain - a NE extreme of the Tien Shan Mts., Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Region, SE Kazakhstan, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Swertia obtusa 574x800 (~108Kb) Highland dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia) tundras on a ledge of the southerm principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Swertia obtusa 542x784 (~123Kb) Open larch forest on the left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the falls of its right tributaries Chikty and Akbul, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Halenia corniculata 400x623 (~70Kb) A pass of the road Novyi Akatuy - Vershino-Shakhtaminskii on the junction of the mountain ranges Uryumkanskii and Kukul'bei, Aleksandrovskozavodskoi District, E Chita Region, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Primula nivalis 559x800 (~176Kb) An alpine meadow at the bank of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 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
Primula nivalis 784x502 (~158Kb) Alpine headwaters of the rivulet descending from the southerm principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lysimachia nummularia 562x748 (~68Kb) The Katun' River right bank netween the villages Srostki and Chuiskii, Altaiskii Krai Province, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Sedum pallescens 400x618 (~59Kb) Right bank on the Gazimur River right bank 10 km of its mouth, 27 km NE of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Rhodiola rosea 800x549 (~133Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of a rivulet descending southward from 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	Rhodiola algida 565x800 (~83Kb) 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	Rhodiola coccinea 506x790 (~150Kb) Rocks in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 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
Orostachys spinosa 716x500 (~107Kb) A rocky steppen southern slope of the Sopka Mokhnataya hill of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 14th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Saxifraga oppositifolia 794x482 (~137Kb) 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	Saxifraga melaleuca 682x514 (~87Kb) A large-stoned scree on a sharp crest dividing the headwater cirques of the the Chikty Rivulet and a next eastward rivulet, 2800 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
Chrysosplenium alternifolium 769x500 (~143Kb) Cushions of moss along a spring in the Dahurian larch 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	Parnassia palustris 526x450 (~54Kb) Swamped 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	Eryngium planum 508x710 (~112Kb) A birch forest edge at the village Morozovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin