A tree of a relic Siberian species Tilia sibirica Fisch. scarcely found in North Altai and forming an area of contiguous forests between the Kondoma and Mras-Su Rivers on the elevation of Gornaya Shoria (Kemerovo Region), where photographed about 3 km NE of the junction of Bol'shoi Tesh and Malyi Tesh Rivers. These forests are mostly composed of a very tall but slender trees with rather poor crowns very high above the ground. Nevertheless, old and robust individuals can also be found. 22th of July 1995. O. Kosterin.