Russian territory stretches a third of the continent, and it is characterized mainly continental climate with four seasons with pronounced summer and winter.Due to various climatic conditions and the presence of several natural areas: the Arctic desert, tundra, taiga, mixed and deciduous forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and deserts - Russian nature is incredibly diverse.
For each of us are symbolic endless expanses and meadows with pestreyuschim grasses, birch trees with evening singing nightingale taiga Bears fishermen, fragrant chamomile and cornflower field with fluttering colorful butterflies on them.Incredibly beautiful nature is celebrated Russian poets and animated by it forever frozen in panel of Russian and foreign artists.
arctic desert plants Russian
North zone located along the shores of the Arctic Ocean The Arctic wilderness.It is cold all year round, and the ground is covered by a glacier and rocky debris, so the plants are not too numerous.Ice-covered surface of the desert a scant moss and lichen.
And only a short time in the summer paints dry slopes small bunches of small flowers: snow saxifrage, alpine foxtail, arctic buttercup, yellow Arctic poppies.Perennial grasses are hardy rootstock that can survive the harsh conditions.
Nature Russian tundra
Wildlife tundra stretching along the Arctic Ocean, presented mosses and lichens, sedges, dwarf birch and willow, crowberry and other plants.Here there are: Kukushkin flax, moss, viviparous knotweed, heather, rosemary and others. Tundra is good in the summer, when a short period of time to plant together ottsvesti and give seed.And in the autumn turns into a glade glaucous blueberry and orange - the famous cloudberry, with here and there jutting out between different mushroom caps.
Nature taiga edge
wide, endless strip of taiga stretches from west to east of the country, representing a wonderful realm of evergreen trees.The wildlife of this region adapted to short warm summer and cold snowy winter.Cedar, pine, spruce, larch, fir - these conifers endure extreme cold.
thick and gloomy taiga forests almost miss the sunlight, so here without seeing grass or shrubs.Only a carpet furry moss covered the ground under the canopy of trees, but there are wild berries - cranberries and blueberries.
Taiga rich ponds.In the south-east Siberia is the deepest wonderful Lake Baikal, which is considered one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.The shores of the northern rivers and lakes surrounded by a dance of deciduous trees: ash, birch, aspen, alder.Taiga bears and other animals love to profit juicy raspberries and currants.Rare open lawn full of yellow ERANTHIS, Orange Globe Asian and purple rhododendrons, bright juniper berries and mountain ash.
Nature Forests
Plants Russia, forming the mixed and deciduous forests, represented by numerous grasses, shrubs and trees.The upper "floors" - a slender birch, aspen, high lime, pine, spruce.Relatively mild weather conditions allow them to fully develop.Further south Russian forests are characterized by a large number of broad-leaved trees such as oak, maple, linden, elm.
During warmer months, a walk in the forest will be unforgettable: happy abundance of sweet wild raspberries, strawberries, stone bramble and cranberry;you can gather a basket of fragrant white mushrooms and syroezhek.Dense thickets of bushes form hazelnut, elderberry, euonymus and buckthorn.A forest clearing in the spring and summer, are decorated with bright blue bells, golden marsh marigold, clover honey meadow, soft lilies, fescue, buttercups.
true symbol of Russia is considered to be belostvolnaya birch, which in some mixed forests form the whole grove.This is a very beautiful and unusual wood to its original coloring obligation to the outer layer of the cortex, particularly the white substance containing betulin.Birch tree bark is the ideal protection from the winter frost, excessive moisture, as well as from harmful microorganisms.Spring birch bark able to exude through the thickness of the useful vitamin drink - birch sap, which people have learned to collect.
Russian forests - it also bogs, lakes, streams, which nest local and migratory birds.The real queen of the marshy places can be called a white water lily.In the evening, her magnificent flowers are closed, and the long stem-peduncle twists, pulling them along under the water, so enjoy the sight of water lilies strewn lake only during the day.
Plants
Russian steppe nature once vast steppe regions represent only a gray, swaying under the pressure of the wind, waves feather.Now these fertile black soil mostly plowed and sown with wheat, rye and vegetables.
Kazhoe seasons in the wilderness in its own beautiful, but all the more beautiful - spring.Nature comes alive at this time of fun grasses, bluish violets, bright yellow and pink tulips, and a little later - scented sage.Wide expanses of Russian steppes crossed by numerous rivers, which stretch along the banks of the oaks and small groves of willow, elm, alder.
nature of deserts and semi-deserts
most famous Russian plants growing in the desert areas of the Caspian lowlands and some areas of the Volgograd region - a wormwood, camel thorn, bluegrass bulbous, halophyte, ephedra distachya.Naturally, the nature of these places are not too diverse, because climate is harsh: pickled, gray-brown Badlands.For desert plants are characterized by small size and a strong root system that can extract scarce moisture from deep layers of the earth.
Mountain
Russian nature is incredibly rich in mountainous areas of the country, which stretch along the southern and eastern borders.The highest mountains are Caucasian.The rest of the ridges and highlands located in the Crimea, in the Urals, north-east of Siberia and the Far East.The mountain climate is changing significantly towards cold depending on height.Therefore, the lower slopes are covered with dense forest steppe deciduous and mixed forests, and a little higher - only conifers, including pines, spruce, fir, larch.
High in the mountains grow, mostly low-growing herbaceous plants that form the luxurious alpine meadows, smoothly flowing into the tundra.Eternal snow sparkling sun hats covered high peaks.On the approaches to them are growing Edelweiss, barberry, alpine poppy, spring gentian, saxifrage and others.
natural wealth of the Far East
Fabulous beautiful Far East, especially when the spring comes.Nature breathes freshness and explodes with bright colors of fragrant flowers: the Kuriles huge bloom flowers fragrant wild magnolia, and in the Ussuri region covers a miraculous clearing ginseng.
flora of the Far East is surprising originality and contrast: you can travel along the northern coniferous taiga among the permafrost, and suddenly were surrounded by sub-tropical vines and thickets of Manchurian walnut, and then - in a rich mixed forest, among the noisy oaks, birches and hazel sprawling.
Russian nature generously endowed this land different kinds of flowering herbs such as: lemongrass, Actinidia Kolomikta, Weigela, Paeonia lactiflora, daylily, devil, Amur grape and others. Numerous ponds - a great place nesting birds.
Kamchatka growing unique stone birch, and a popular tourist destination, the Valley of Geysers, as if by an invisible clock reconciled hot jet of groundwater, with the sound of bubbling fountains throwing up.
long can describe the beauty and majesty of the natural resources of the various regions of the country, but one thing is clear: every corner is beautiful in its own way, it is the province of our country and may be of value to the world of tourism.
