![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/21t.jpg) Ripe cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) with a mosquito near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/881/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fruit of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in a swamp north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1634/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 25, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1852/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 11, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/955/jpeg/05t.jpg) Back lit flower of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 31, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/752/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young leaves and a flower bud of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/955/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves with hovering mosquito and a flower of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 31, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/14t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, Russian name Zolotarnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/11t.jpg) Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/23t.jpg) Common Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata, Russian name Shlemnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/12t.jpg) Milk Cap mushroom (Lactarius rufus, Russian name Gorkushka) in moss near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fruits of common blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium angustifolium, Russian name Ivan Chay) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fir forest near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forest road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/18t.jpg) Puddles on a road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/27t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/15t.jpg) Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/17t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pine forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dog Vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/461/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ripe cloudberry (moroshka in Russian) in a marsh near Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cloudberry near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spherical fruiting bodies (aethalia) of Wolf s Milk slime mold Lycogala epidendrum on rotten wood near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fall colors of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/26t.jpg) Orange leaves of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of Orchis maculata (Russian name Yatryshnik) in a marsh near Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spider on a net south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1084/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ripening fruits of wild raspberry (Rubus, Russian name Malina) west from Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cat sitting near a summer house south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dumping area in a forest near 67 Kilometr south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/23t.jpg) Swamp orchid near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close up of swamp orchid near Vetrenoe Lake on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/16t.jpg) A road in a forest south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1437/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pink flower of Arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus, Kniazhenika in Russian) near Novinka, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum, Russian name Koroviak) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/18t.jpg) Feeding horse-fly (Chrysops sp., Russian name Slepen Zlatoglazik) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/06t.jpg) Umbel of flowers of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum, Russian name Koroviak) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/07t.jpg) Eyewort (Eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis, Euphrasia rostkoviana, Russian name Ochanka) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/156/jpeg/38t.jpg) An edible mushroom Boletus edulis (Belyi Grib, in Russian) with a toadstool in a forest 5 miles east from Orekhovo - Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Sankt Petersburg. Russia, October 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus, Russian name Kalina) near Sablinka River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1631/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fruit of raspberry (Rubus odoratus, Rubacer odoratum) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/09t.jpg) Emerging umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/156/jpeg/36t.jpg) A small lake in fir forest 5 miles east from Orekhovo - Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Sankt Petersburg. Russia, October 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1084/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa, Russian name Buzina) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/24t.jpg) Early fruit of wild strawberry (Russian name Zemlianika) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1085/jpeg/16t.jpg) St. John s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Russian name Zveroboy) west from Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1084/jpeg/04t.jpg) St. John s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Russian name Zveroboy) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1085/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris, Russian name Lnanka) in fields west from Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/881/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fruit of Wild Strawberry (Fragaria, Russian name Zemlianika) in a forest north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1084/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower receptacle of field scabious (Knautia arvensis, Russian name Korostavnik) west from Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/02t.jpg) Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis speciosa, Russian name Pikulnik) in fields south from Lavriki, 1 mile north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spider with eggs near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spider in a forest near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1085/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow Rattle (Cockscomb, Rhinanthus minor, Russian name Pogremok) in fields south from Lavriki, 1 mile north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bittercress (yellow rocketcress, Barbarea vulgaris, Russian name Surepka) in fields south from Lavriki, 1 mile north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/12t.jpg) Beetle on a flower umbel near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/19t.jpg) Orange butterfly in a forest near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rare species of a beetle near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1092/jpeg/02t.jpg) Brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius sp., Russian name Pautinnik) near Kavgolovo Lake south from Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/26t.jpg) Chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius, Russian name Lisichka) near Kavgolovo Lake south from Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/13t.jpg) Clustered bellflower (Campanula glomerata) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/05t.jpg) Puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum(?), Russian name Dozhdevik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1085/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium angustifolium, Russian name Ivan-Chay) west from Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/11t.jpg) Goat moth caterpillar on Dark Mullein near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/01t.jpg) Birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum schistophilum(?), Podberiozovik in Russian) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/07t.jpg) Birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum schistophilum(?), Russian name Podberiozovik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/777/jpeg/04t.jpg) Wild strawberry fruit east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/16t.jpg) Giant tachinid fly (Tachina grossa) on flower umbels near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2084/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flower of raspberry (Rubus odoratus, Rubacer odoratum, Russian name Malinoklion) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/24t.jpg) Birch Bolete mushroom (Boletus Scaber, Leccinum scabrum, Russian name Podberiozovik) near Kavgolovo Lake south from Oselki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1657/jpeg/09t.jpg) Swamp species of birch bolete mushrooms (Leccinum schistophilum(?), Russian name Podberiozovik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1867/jpeg/20t.jpg) Stone bramble (Rubus saxatilis, Russian name Kostyanika) in area of Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young leaves of raspberry (Rubus) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/24t.jpg) Russian Orthodox church of Peter and Paul in Siverskaya, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 6, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flattened frogs on a forest road near Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 12, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3574/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia, Russian name Rosianka) on sphagnum moss near Maloe Krasnopiorskoe Lake in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/10t.jpg) Goat moth caterpillar (Cossus cossus, Drevotochets Pahuchiy) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/06t.jpg) Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica, Russian name Krapiva) in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/25t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, Russian name Zolotarnik) on a meadow in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/873/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fruit of Wild Strawberry (Fragaria, Russian name Zemlianika) near Zapliusye in Pskov Region south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/157/jpeg/01t.jpg) Moss and mushrooms on a stub of a tree in a forest 5 miles east from Orekhovo - Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Sankt Petersburg. Russia, October 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/17t.jpg) Umbellifer Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2090/jpeg/27t.jpg) Greater burdock (Arctium lappa, Russian name Repeynik or Lopukh) in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 13, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2090/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata, Russian name Ezha sbornaya) in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 13, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/20t.jpg) Green fruits of baneberry (Actaea Spicata, Russian name Voronets) in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blueberry (bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/10t.jpg) Ruins near Sablino Train Station, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2098/jpeg/19t.jpg) Tiny slender omphaloid mushroom near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2098/jpeg/20t.jpg) Inkcap mushrooms Coprinopsis lagopides(?) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/882/jpeg/05t.jpg) Purple flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus, Rubacer odoratum) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/12t.jpg) Glossy leaves of asarabacca (Asarum europaeum, Russian name Kopyten) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/18t.jpg) Scorpionfly and a fly on flowers of yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Russian name Tysiachelistnik) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/26t.jpg) Cucumber vine near Tosna River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/21t.jpg) White phlox near Sablinka River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
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