Images Western Mongolia 2003: Plants
Impressions of a field trip to Western Mongolia: selected photos of plants and their habitat.
The excursions during which the pictures on this site were taken, were made possible by the help of funding by the Volkswagen foundation.
 Bogd-Khan-Uul mountains |
 Tillaea aquatica Great Lake Basin |
 Great Lake Basin freshwater shore of the lake |
 Caragana-Atraphaxis shrub desert on deep-sandy, loose soil over granite rubble |
 Khar-Us-Nuur lake, Artemisia-dominated semidesert on sandy soil |
 Echinops gmeliniiArtemisia-dominated semidesert |
 chee-grass (Achnatherum splendens) stands |
 light larch forest (Larix sibirica) interrupted by boulderfields |
 Larix sibirica |
(photos by M. Schnittler)