A small rivulet Shadrikha, typical for surroundings of Novosibirsk, in spring overflows its valley grown up with a mixed fortest of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth. (= Betula verrucosa Ehrh.)) and the pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

Novosibirsk district and Region, West Siberia, Russia. 20th April 1996. O. Kosterin