The so-called "chernevaya taiga" - a southern variant of humid taiga dominated by fir and aspen and enriched with relic nemoral species, it is thought to be a derivative of the former Holocene broad-leafed forests of the Altai-Sayan mountain system. A road between the villages of Biika and Chuika, Turochak District, Altai Republic, Siberia, Russia. 21st September 2002.

O. Kosterin.

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