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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Patrinia rupestris 756x500 (~110Kb) A rocky cliff of the right board of the Onon River valley 6 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Procince, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Patrinia scabiosifolia 400x594 (~58Kb) A forb meadow an a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E CHita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia 24th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Platycodon grandiflorus 400x618 (~47Kb) A steppefied meadow with sparse pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) 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
Campanula altaica 400x615 (~58Kb) A meadow on a birch grove edge at the northern foot of the hill Sopka Mokhnataya of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 14th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Campanula altaica 600x451 (~61Kb) 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	Campanula turczaninovii 542x788 (~133Kb) 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
Adenophora gmelinii 400x635 (~59Kb) 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	Adenophora pereskiifolia 400x566 (~80Kb) An open Dahurian larch/silver birch forest at 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	Adenophora tricuspidata 400x594 (~95Kb) A meadow on a high left bank terrace of the Argun' River 5 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aster tataricus 400x618 (~93Kb) A forb meadow an a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E CHita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia 24th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aster alpinus 517x755 (~97Kb) A south-exposed right slope of the hill Mokhnataya Sopka, the Bugotakskie Sopki hills, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 12th Jule 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leontopodium conglobatum 864x694 (~87Kb) A detritous meadow steppe on a ridge at the major height Tsagan-Obo of a moderate elevation Adon Chelon situated in the steppen Dahuria, Borzya District, S Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Inula britannica 517x800 (~62Kb) Dunes of the Tes-Khem River left bank in fromt of the Shivilig-Khem River gorge, The Ubsu-Nur Hollow, Erzin District, Tyva Republic, South Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrethrum pulchrum 488x714 (~93Kb) 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	Petasites laevigatus 800x533 (~75Kb) The Bol'shoi Tesh River 1.5 km upstream of its confluence with the Malyi Tesh, the village Kuzedeevo environs, Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Senecio congestus 763x500 (~127Kb) The bank of a large brackish (calcium and magnium carbonates) Lake Zun-Torei, residing in Dahurian (S Transbaikalian) short-grass steppes. The lake flutcuate down to almost dissapearing with a cycle about 30 years, now it's on the maximum. The bank is grown up with Senecio congestus (R.Br.) DC. (= Senecio arcticus Rupr.), and the reed (Phragmitis australis (Gav.) Trin ex Steudel.) The lake SW corner at the cordone Bulum-Khuduk, Onon district, Chita Region, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Senecio cannabifolius 400x641 (~91Kb) The Budyumkan River left floodland 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	Senecio cannabifolius 472x700 (~80Kb) the Vilyucha River middle flow, South Kamchatka, Russia. 31st August 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Senecio flammeus 400x642 (~78Kb) A meadow on a high left bank terrace of the Argun' River 5 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Senecio flammeus 400x615 (~55Kb) A meadow on a high left bank terrace of the Argun' River 5 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Senecio pricei 518x760 (~70Kb) 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
Senecio pricei 542x796 (~82Kb) 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	Senecio resedifolius 466x718 (~106Kb) 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	Senecio turczaninovii 522x712 (~96Kb) 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
Senecio turczaninovii 522x792 (~158Kb) 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	Ligularia fischeri 564x800 (~69Kb) Meadow steppe at the major height Tsagan-Obo of a moderate elevation Adon Chelon situated in the steppen Dahuria, Borzya District, S Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ligularia glauca 400x632 (~75Kb) A forb meadow on the southern foot of the Sopka Lysaya hill of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 14th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ligularia sibirica 400x615 (~103Kb) An open Dahurian larch/silver birch forest at 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, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Echinops latifolius 400x630 (~73Kb) A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation 2 km NE of the town Borzya, Borzya District, Chita Region, E Transbaikalia. 22nd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Echinops ritro 740x1083 (~301Kb) A stony right bank of the Chuya River 5 km upstream of its mouth, 10th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Saussurea subacaulis 758x486 (~105Kb) 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	Saussurea subacaulis 694x478 (~87Kb) 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	Saussurea pricei 400x600 (~64Kb) 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
Cirsium esculentum var. acaulis 788x512 (~168Kb) A stony steppen southern sloppe on the Dzhazator River right bank in its upper flow, between the Chikty and Akbul River, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cichorium intybus 346x600 (~44Kb) Novosibirsk Academy Town, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Scorzonera austriaca 660x930 (~84Kb) A south-exposed right slope of the hill Lysaya Sopka, the Bugotakskie Sopki hills, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 25th May 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Convolvulus chinensis 751x500 (~88Kb) Heteropappus altaicus (Willd.) Novopokr. and Convolvulus chinensis Ker-Gawler (= Convolvulus fischeranus V. Petrov) A raven in a high sandy left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Convolvulus ammanii 764x510 (~154Kb) A highland cryophyte desert of a Mongolian type in an intermontane hollow called Chuiskaya Step' at the village Kosh- Agach, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lagotis integrifolia 522x794 (~108Kb) 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
Pedicularis grandiflora 400x611 (~72Kb) A grassy marsh in the Urov River headwaters at the village Solontsy, Nerchinskozavodskoi District, E Chita Region, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 5th August 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pedicularis oederi 490x726 (~122Kb) A mossy tundra in the cirwue of the 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	Pedicularis tristis 760x566 (~88Kb) A tundrous bog within the alpine belt in the valley 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. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boshnyakia rossica 400x623 (~60Kb) Thiskets of Alnus hirsuta along a brook on a road in a larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) forest not far from the Argun' River left bank between the village Uryupino and the Gazimur River, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Orobanche coerulescens 400x618 (~73Kb) A meadow steppe on the Shipunikha Rivulet right bank terrace 2 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Geranium pratense 510x776 (~113Kb) A damp meadow at a riparian spruce wood at village Topuchaya, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pulmonaria mollis 790x546 (~77Kb) A sudden May snowfall in a mixed white birch (Betula pendula Roth.; = Betula verrucosa Ehrh.)/common pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest. Surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town] at Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 19th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Scutellaria baicalensis 400x587 (~67Kb) A meadow steppe on the Adon-Chelon elevation, 10 km NNW of village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Scutellaria baicalensis 536x394 (~84Kb) A meadow steppe on the Adon-Chelon elevation, 10 km NNW of village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Dracocephalum grandiflorum 494x720 (~117Kb) 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	Dracocephalum grandiflorum 510x782 (~127Kb) An alpine meadow in the Chikty Rivulet valley, the southerm principal 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	Dracocephalum imberbe 502x770 (~140Kb) 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
Dracocephalum imberbe 530x794 (~130Kb) 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	Dracocephalum origanoides 508x770 (~163Kb) 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	Dracocephalum origanoides 774x504 (~140Kb) A tundro-steppen vegetation at Lake Tarkhattinskoe situated south of the junction of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii and Sailyugem mountain ranges 2325 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin