Spring in West Altai. Birches have just started to open their buds, ephemeroid plants (one can see Corydalis bracteata) flower beside patches of melting snow. 1 km of Savushka vilage on the road to Zmeinogorsk, Zmeinogorsk District, Altaiskii Krai Province, West Siberia, Russia. 9th May, 2002.

O. Kosterin.