Stone - or Erman - birch grows in small, crooked formations near the Pacific coast, where strong winds and heavy snows prevai

Leafy larches

An oak tree gets its feet wet when high waters cause the Nerussa River to flood in June

An alder grove in December

Polar willow in rain

A storm dusts oaks with snow on the bank of the Nerussa River

Majestic oaks overlook the Nerussa River in December

The Nerussa River floods its banks in spring, engulfing surrounding oak and broadleaf forests

Mirrored oaks. The floodwaters of the Nerussa River reflect a pair of English oaks

Oaks (Quercus robur) are surrounded by meltwater in the floodplain of the Nerussa River at the end of March

A lone larch watches over the frozen landscape of Kamchatka with the cone of Kronotsky Volcano rising in the backdrop