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Images from 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 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
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	Thymus serpyllum 600x400 (~88Kb) A steppefied right board of the Dzhazator River valley in its upper flow, at the Akbul River mouth, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lagopsis marrubiastrum 600x400 (~69Kb) A detritous left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the mouths of the Akbul and Tara Rivers, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Lagopsis marrubiastrum 600x400 (~96Kb) A detritous left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the mouths of the Akbul and Tara Rivers, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Sagittaria natans 400x609 (~83Kb) A small lake Kudon in the Onon River right floodland 12 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Region, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hemerocallis minor 771x500 (~84Kb) At the mountain Tsagan-Obo, Borzya District, S Chita Region (Dahuria), SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erythronium sibiricum 400x613 (~49Kb) An open birch forest on the Berd' River right bank at the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 10th May 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Fritillaria pallidiflora 400x604 (~71Kb) A meadow in the valley of the Kora River in its middle flow, the transition between spruce wood and subalpine Belts at about 2000 m altitude, the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan region, Kazakhstan. 16th June, 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Fritillaria pallidiflora 514x388 (~67Kb) A meadow in the valley of the Kora River in its middle flow, the transition between spruce wood and subalpine Belts at about 2000 m altitude, the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan region, Kazakhstan. 16th June, 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Tulipa patens 431x644 (~57Kb) Tulipa patens Agardh ex Schultes ex Schultes fil., ranges in steppes from South Russia to Altai. It was found in "steppe islands" on steep southern rocky slopes of the Berd' River bank draining a woody elevation of Salairskii Kryazh, being a NW extreme of the Altai-Sayan Mountain System. At the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 10th May 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Gagea fedtschenkoana 496x742 (~78Kb) Rocky southern slopes in the south-eastern West Siberia. A Berd' River right bank rocky cliff at the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 10th of May 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lilium pumilum 400x612 (~46Kb) A steppe on the hill Malyi Batur on the left bank of the Onon River 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Region, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Crocus alatavicus 518x780 (~79Kb) Flowering Crocus alatavicus Regel et Schmahl. densely covers open places within the forest and subalpine belt in the Northern Dzhungarian Alatau Mountain Chain just after snow melting. Most of these places are overgrazed by sheep in summer, but this ephemeroid species is nearly of advantage in these conditions as being too early to be trumpled out and enjoing a heavily fertilized soil. The Kora River middle flow, Kopal District, Taldy-Kurgan Region, SE Kazakhstan. 26th of April 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spiranthes amoena 400x609 (~50Kb) The Unda River bank in its upper flow at the village Nizhnyaya Shakhtama, E Chita Ragion, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Elymus sibiricus 616x400 (~61Kb) The Onon River left bank 7 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Aginskii Buryat National Region, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Stipa pennata 820x518 (~91Kb) The great feather grass (Stipa pennata L.) steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan have mostly been ploughed out now but small relics of them can be found witin the forest-steppe zone (the grove belt) of West Siberia on warm south-exposed slopes, such as this high right bank of the Inya River near its mouth at Novosibirsk. 22nd of June 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Stipa capillata 769x484 (~80Kb) Patches of true steppes on south-exposed slopes are scattered in the forest-steppe zone of West Siberia, few of them escaping ploughing out. In late spring they become white due to the feather grass (Stipa pennata L.), then it looses its plumage and make room to its relative Stipa capillata L. [local "tyrsa"], with non-pennate awns, painting these patcnes in light-green to yellow in middle summer and autumn, as on this view. 15 km S of the town Iskitim, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, W Siberia, Russia. 10th September 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin