![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/07t.jpg) Grey Alder (Alnus incana, local name Olkha) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young leaves of Grey Alder (Alnus incana) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1099/jpeg/11t.jpg) Back lit leaf of Grey Alder (Alnus incana) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/09t.jpg) Black worms on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown caterpillar on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/26t.jpg) Swamp mosses on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown toad on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flowers of swamp orchid on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fir needles with water drops on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../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/2011/967/jpeg/08t.jpg) Green weevil beetle on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/22t.jpg) Bud of iris flower near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young fir needles with water drops on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/11t.jpg) One-flowered Wintergreen (Moneses uniflora) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/967/jpeg/03t.jpg) Little prickly sedge (Carex echinata) on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bearded iris near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../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/20t.jpg) Blue iris flower near a summer house 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/2011/965/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young leaves of Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bitter fleabane (Erigeron acris) with insect eggs near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaf eating beetle on Grey Alder north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 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/2016/1869/jpeg/25t.jpg) Black berries of alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus, Russian name Krushina) in Sestroretsk, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2035/jpeg/04t.jpg) Catkins on a bush of alder (Alnus fruticosa) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1669/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fall colors of Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) in swampy area in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1245/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaf of alder near Lembolovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/25t.jpg) Grey beetle near Okhta River in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/02t.jpg) Leaf venation east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/21t.jpg) Skipper butterfly on a leaf east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1090/jpeg/19t.jpg) Very old Grey Alder on Angliyskaya Alley in a park of Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), 20 miles west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/11t.jpg) Leaves of alder Alnus serrulata(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/11t.jpg) Grey caterpillar near Oredezh River in Posiolok, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 23, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1240/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf of alder in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1240/jpeg/26t.jpg) Back lit leaf of alder in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1240/jpeg/25t.jpg) Young leaf of alder in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/13t.jpg) Alder leaf beetles (Agelastica alni) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/01t.jpg) Leaf venation in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/16t.jpg) Green leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/15t.jpg) Palm leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/873/jpeg/08t.jpg) White flowers of Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana, Russian name Ikotnik) near Zapliusye in Pskov Region south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/23t.jpg) Venation of aquatic plant leaf in a greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/26t.jpg) Leaf venation in aquatic plant greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/17t.jpg) Leaf venation in aquatic plant greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/19t.jpg) Venation of a leaf of an aquatic plant in a greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/972/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blue flower spike of Long leaf Speedwell (Veronica longifolia) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/18t.jpg) Green leaf venation in aquatic plant greenhouse in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 18, 2011
![](../../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/2003/349/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../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/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/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/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/2017/2085/jpeg/09t.jpg) Tall brown sporangia of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a log with tiny grey cups of common grey disco fungus (Mollisia cinerea) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2017
![](../../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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/19t.jpg) Fruit of 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/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/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/2016/1884/jpeg/26t.jpg) Lichen on a trunk of cut alder tree near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2138/jpeg/05t.jpg) Alder scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota alnicola) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2004/jpeg/23t.jpg) Catkin cup (Ciboria amentacea) mushroom under alder in Lavriki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
![](../../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/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/2009/767/jpeg/26t.jpg) White flowers of rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2138/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young alder scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota alnicola) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2138/jpeg/06t.jpg) Group of alder scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota alnicola) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1997/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dust lichen (Lepraria incana) on a large fallen oak near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 3, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2923/jpeg/35t.jpg) Corticioid fungus Peniophora polygonia on a fallen twig of alder near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2004/jpeg/27t.jpg) Catkin cup (Ciboria amentacea) mushrooms on rotting alder catkins taken from Lavriki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2004/jpeg/24t.jpg) Catkin cup (Ciboria amentacea) mushroom on rotting leaves under alder in Lavriki, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/938/jpeg/19t.jpg) Back lit leaf in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/03t.jpg) Leaf of berberis in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2506/jpeg/01t.jpg) White flowers of Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana, Russian name Ikotnik) taken from Kurchatova Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2923/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of some golden brown folious lichen on smooth bark of alder(?) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/955/jpeg/06t.jpg) Back lit leaf of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 31, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/939/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young leaf of maple in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/22t.jpg) A fly east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/15t.jpg) Damselflies in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/959/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sundew in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 7, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/02t.jpg) Moth in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2923/jpeg/31t.jpg) Some golden brown folious lichen on smooth bark of alder(?) near Chornaya River near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1860/jpeg/15t.jpg) Alder bolete mushrooms (Gyrodon lividus, Russian name Podolshanik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2011/jpeg/06t.jpg) A road in alder and willow forest in area of an old brick factory between Pesochnaya and Dibuny north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 26, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1877/jpeg/26t.jpg) Alder bolete mushrooms (Gyrodon lividus, Russian name Podolshanik) on roadside in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1881/jpeg/05t.jpg) Alder bolete mushrooms (Gyrodon lividus, Russian name Podolshanik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 15, 2016
![](../../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/2010/873/jpeg/24t.jpg) Some grey moth near Zapliusye in Pskov Region south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/940/jpeg/13t.jpg) Emerging leaf of Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) in Pavlovsk Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/961/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower bud of hawkweed in Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
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