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Images from 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	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