THE ATLANTIC SALMON RESERVE

The Atlantic Salmon Reserve was founded in the year 2003 by Peter C. Power who was appointed “Adviser (Sovetnik) to the Governor for International Tourism” in June, 2007. The ASR is the world's first conservation area for Atlantic Salmon, Sea Trout & Wild Brown Trout and Arctic Char. Fly fishing is available on the Kharlovka, Eastern Litza, Rynda and Zolotaya rivers through the Northern Rivers Company in Russia where the territory is known as: Дом для лосося "Home for Salmon"

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Rynda Diary Rynda Map Rynda Birds Rynda Flora Rynda Flora Gallery The Rynda Cross Rynda Flora by Piers Eley Introduction and Explanation of keys The following is a record of plants tentatively identified by me during a one week fishing visit to the Rynda from 27th July to 3rd August 2002. I have slides of some, but not all, of these plants and hope, in due course, to be able to produce an at least partially illustrated listing. Each plant is named in English (not American) and Latin, with the following key as to its frequency of occurrence in the area that I covered: 'Gen' - Occurring widely throughout the area; 'Freq' - Observed by me in many areas, but not universal; 'Occ' - Seen by me in several different locations; 'Inf' - Seen by me in only one, two or three places. I can make no comment as to the rarity of any of these plants, only the frequency with which I saw them. It is likely that some of the Latin names in the books I was using will have subsequently been replaced by others. Finally, I am not an expert, merely an enthusiastic amateur, so please accept this list as provisional and possibly subject to correction. '[photo]' indicates that I have one or more slides of these plants which may be able to be added to the list later. 1. Trees & Related Shrubs There are very few trees of any height in the area. As some of those that there are also have low/prostrate forms growing in the Tundra 'Heath', I have included trees as well as the lower scrub forms in the sections for each family. Sorbus Family 1 Mountain Ash/Rowan - Sorbus aucuparia Occ   Birch Family 2 Silver Birch - Betula pendula Freq   3 Downy Birch - Betula pubescens Freq Has brown bark. Frequently crosses with B 4 Dwarf Birch [photo] Betula nana/glandulosa Gen Prostrate with rounded leaves & brown stems Willow Family 5 White Willow - Salix alba Occ Pointed silvery leaves 6 Woolly Willow - Salix lanata Occ Rounded woolly silvery leaves 7 Downy Willow - Salix lapponum Occ Small pointed oval leaves with grey down 8 Creeping Willow - Salix repens Occ Similar to C but with creeping stems 9 Purple Willow - Salix purpurea Occ Green narrow lanceolate leaves 10 Arctic Willow - Salix arctica Inf Description in book at Rynda 11 Dwarf/Least Willow - Salix herbacea Inf Patch forming under-shrub with pairs of rounded leaves ## Net-leaved Willow - Salix reticulata ## Possibly seen once, unable to be verified Cypress Family 12 Juniper [photo] Juniperus communis Freq One of the taller shrubs & only 'fir' in the area. (The same shrub will be found in the Mediterranean Maquis !) 2. Smaller Shrubs & Groundcover Much of the area is covered with a heath like layer of low shrubs. Those marked 'Gen' above and below provide a high proportion of the total ground cover in the area. I have photographs of additional ground-covering plants that I have not yet been able to identify. These include some versions of the Mountain Heath (see below) and what appeared to be a spineless Berberis. I will be consulting friends at Kew about these. Heath Family 13 Bilberry [photo] Vaccinum myrtillus Gen Bright green deciduous oval leaves, blue black berries 14 Northern Bilberry - Vaccinum uliginosum Occ Rounded blue-green leaves & dark blue berries 15 Cowberry [photo] Vaccinum vitis-idaea Occ Glossy oval leathery leaves & red berries 16 Alpine Bearberry [photo] Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Inf Dark green leathery leaves & red berries 17 Black Bearberry - Arctous alpina Occ Bright green deciduous leaves & black berries 18 Cassiope - Cassiope hypnoides Occ Prostrate mat-forming miniature heath like with nodding white bell flowers/berries Crowberry 19 Crowberry [photo] Empetrum nigrum Gen Dark green heath-like mat-forming under-shrub with black berries. 20 Mountain Heath [photo] Phyllodoce caerula Freq Low heath with pink flowers and red fruit on long stems. (Variants seen with nodding bells (normal), upright bells and nodding pink flowers with separated petals. I will be consulting Kew about these) 21 Wild Azalea [photo] Loiseleuria procumbens Occ On hill tops. Prostrate mat forming ground cover with v small shiny leaves, pink flowrs and red fruit pods. Rose Family 22 Cloudberry [photo] Rubus chamaemorus Freq Brilliant orange 'blackberry' near ground between single pair of rounded downy red-green vine-like leaves 23 Arctic Bramble - Rubus arcticus Inf Creeping thorn less bramble, leaves divided into three leaflets. Flowers bright red (not seen by me in flower) Dogwood Family 24 Dwarf Cornel [photo] Cornus suecica Gen Single white 'Cornus' flowers with four bracts and dark central florets above a collar of elliptical shiny green leaves. Ground-covering creeping perennial. 3. Other flowering plants Dock Family 25 Alpine Bistort [photo] Polygonum viviparum Freq Short stem with spike of small white flowers 26 Common Sorrel [photo] Rumex acetosa Occ Medium tall dock with narrow spear shaped leaves 27 Mountain Sorrel [photo] Oxyria digyna Occ Medium dock with kidney-shaped fleshy leaves Pink Family 28 Large Pink [photo] Dianthus superbus Inf Pink petals very finely divided. (on Zolotoya only) 29 Arctic Mouse-ear [photo] Cerastium arcticum Occ Small white flowers with five divided petals and furry stem with supposedly mouse-ear like leaves. Buttercup Family 30 Globe Flower [photo] Trollius europaeus Inf Medium perennial, finely divided leaves, flowers large spherical rounded, rather poppy like. 31 Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris Freq Short, stout fleshy plant with large kidney-shaped dark green leaves and large yellow 'buttercup' flowers. (Already in seed on Rynda) 32 Lesser Creeping Spearwort (?) [photo] subject to identification Inf V small creeping ranunculus with hair like leaves and small yellow flowers. 33 Meadow Buttercup [photo] Ranunculus acris Occ Upright buttercup with finely divided leaves. 34 Northern Buttercup - Ranunculus nemorosus Occ As above, but with heavier 3-lobed leaves. Stonecrops, Saxifrages Etc 35 Roseroot [photo] Rhodia rosea Freq Spirals of succulent grey-green leaves, often with rose-tinted tips, tiny yellow florets in flat flower head, followed by more showy orange fruit. 36 Starry Saxifrage [photo] Saxifraga stellaris Occ Rose stemmed spike of small white starry flowers growing from rosette of short, hairy, toothed leaves. 37 Grass of Parnassus [photo] Parnassia palustris Freq Beautiful solitary white flower with green-veined petals on erect stem with single leaf, growing from rosette of heart-shaped leaves. Rose Family 38 Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria Occ Tall plant in stream through Rynda Camp. Leaves with 2-5 pairs of leaflets and spray of soft white flowers. (Common wetland plant in UK) 39 Lady's Mantle [photo] Alchemilla vulgaris Freq Low cluster of grey-green palmate leaves, not cut, among rocks on river bank, with sprays of delicate yellow-green florets. (Common in Scotland) 40 Marsh Cinquefoil [photo] Potentilla Palustris Freq Medium plant with very dark red-brown strawberry-like flowers and pinnate leaves, usually with 5-7 leaflets. Pea Family 41 Highland Milk-Vetch [photo] Astragalus norvegicus Occ Low spreading vetch with multiple leaflets and horseshoe of pale purple to white pea-like flowers. 42 Northern Milk-Vetch - Oxytropis lapponica Occ Smaller ground hugging plant with blue-green multiple leaves with much finer leaflets than 41. Pale midnight-blue flowers in shallow horseshoe. Geranium Family 43 Wood Cranesbill - Geranium sylvaticum Occ Small Cranesbill with quite large mauve-red flowers on erect stalks. 44 Marsh Cranesbill - Geranium palustre Occ Similar to 43 with leaves more finely divided. Violet Family 45 Yellow Wood Violet - Viola Biflora Occ Delightful small bright yellow violet with orange veins in lip. Willowherb Family 46 Rosebay Willowherb - Epilobium angustifolium Freq Tall plant with spike of bright carmine flowers 47 Marsh Willowherb - Epilobium palustre Occ Small slender plant with single pink flowers. 48 Alpine Willowherb [photo] Epilobium anagallidifolium Inf Even Smaller, with broader leaves & creeping stems 49 Broad-leaved Willowherb [photo] Epilobium montanum Occ Medium sized with red stems & larger red-tinged leaves. [The flowers of 47, 48 & 49 are very similar: small & pink with 4 petals on the end of tall thin stems, that become the seed pods.] Carrot family (Umbellifers) 50 Greater Water-Parsnip - Sium latifolium Inf Tall strong plant with rounded head of white flowers 51 Alexanders [photo] Smyrnium olusatrum Occ Like 50 but with yellow/green flowers Wintergreen family 52 Toothed Wintergreen [photo] Orthilia secunda Inf Greenish-white globular flowers in one-sided spike above rosette of pointed oval leaves. 53 Common Wintergreen [photo] Pyrola minor Inf Pinkish-white globular flowers around spike above rosette of toothed rounded leaves. 54 Chickweed Wintergreen [photo] Trientalis europaea Freq Single delicate white star-like flowers atop a spike with a rosette of lanceolate leaves halfway up the stem. Borage family 55 Oyster Plant - Mertensia maritima Inf Plant with greyish green fleshy leaves, brilliant blue flowers and round green berries in coastal shingle. (Leaves said to taste oyster-like). Figwort family 56 Alpine Bartsia - Bartsia alpina Freq Small-medium spikes of downy oval dark green leaves shading to purple as they approach the dark purple tubular flowers heads in whorls at the top. 57 Alpine Speedwell [photo] Veronica alpina Inf Small spikes of dark leaves with circles of tiny deep blue flowers at the tip. Among stones at rivers edge. 58 Eyebright [photo] Euphrasia officinalis Occ Small spikes of deeply toothed leaves with small white snapdragon shaped flowers, tinged with purple and yellow. 59 Common Cow-wheat [photo] Melampyrum pratense Occ Delicate plant with leafy spike from which small yellow/pinky-yellow pipe-shaped flowers emerge. (In scrub between huts and Sauna.) 60 Moor-King [photo] Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum Freq Dramatic medium spike of large white to golden upwards pointing tubular flowers growing from basal rosette of deeply serrated leaves with oval lobes. (In scrub near huts) Butterwort family 61 Common Butterwort [photo] Pinguicula vulgaris Freq Blue-violet flowers with white throat patch from basal rosette of fleshy yellow-green lanceolate leaves. Honeysuckle family 62 Twinflower - Linnaea borealis Freq Delicate small pink bell-shaped flowers, a pair on each stem, rising from mat forming evergreen undershrub with oval leaves. Bellflower family 63 Harebell [photo] Campanula rotundifolia Freq Blue hanging bells singly or several to a stem. Daisey family 64 Golden-Rod [photo] Solidago virgule Freq Tall spikes of yellow daisy flowers 65 Fen Ragwort [photo] Senecio paludosus Inf Flat head of long-petalled yellow daisies, with flat round centres 66 Scentless Mayweed - Tripleurospermum inodorum Occ Large white yellow-centred daisies on soft multi-divided leaves with hair like leaflets. (Around huts) 67 Arctic Everlasting [photo] Antennaria porsildii Occ Spike with small pink/white everlasting flowers from basal rosette of white edges grey leaves. 68 Heath Cudweed [photo] Gnaphalium sylvaticum Occ Woolly grey plant with narrow leaves and cluster of brownish red flowers between leaves in terminal cluster around a short/medium spike. 69 Highland Cudweed [photo] Smyrnium norvegicum Inf Similar to 68 but half as high and with only one or two flowers on each stalk. 70 Arctic Fleabane [photo] Awaiting confirmation Inf Half opening yellow flowers on very furry stems 71 Giant Black knapweed [photo] Centaurea ## (TBC) Occ Very tall straight un-prickly stems with one or more large thistle-like maroon flowers. Like a Black Knapweed, but far larger. 72 Common Catsear - Hypochaeris radicata Freq Neat dandelion-like plant with hard narrow stems and usually two flowers per stem. Lily family 73 Chives [photo] Allium schoenoprasum Occ Purple pink flowers in a ball on top of a tall smooth hollow stem. Orchid family 74 Frog Orchid [photo] Coeloglossum viride Inf Small spike of flowers, with reddish caps & prominent greenish-yellow tongues Other plants 75 Wood Horsetail - Equisetum sylvaticum Freq Delicately drooping horsetail 76 Stagshorn Clubmoss [photo] Lycopodium clavatum Inf Very long creeping cylindrical tendrils covered with bright green fur like leaves periodically throwing up erect brown cones, often in pairs. 77 Arctic interrupted Clubmoss [photo] Lycopodium dubium Inf Smaller more upright clubmoss, like a v small fir tree, with upright brown cones growing directly from the stems. Any information contained in this website is produced in good faith but is only a guideline. The Kharlovka Company cannot be held responsible should the information be subject to change. THE KHARLOVKA COMPANY str. Starostina 31, Murmansk 183071 Russia Multiplex Internet Services