baumzaehlen - Primeval Forests & Their Trees

Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest. P. abies and Abies alba (European silver fir) saplings, the latter with bluegreen foliage. Large Fagus sylvatica (European beech), centre background. A. pseudoplatanus, left centre. Höllbachgspreng, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany.

Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest. Abies alba (European silver fir) saplings and seedlings. Fagus sylvatica (European beech) foliage, left. A. pseudoplatanus foliage, right. Höllbachgspreng, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany.

Picea abies (Norway spruce, straight trunks), Abies alba (European silver fir, large tree centre background and foliage right), A. pseudoplatanus (thin trunks and foliage, foreground), Fagus sylvatica (European beech, right centre and below the cliff). Höllbachgspreng, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany.

Also Fagus sylvatica (European beech, smooth bark). Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at about 1100 m.

A. pseudoplatanus, leaning trees; Fagus sylvatica (European beech), background; Abies alba (European silver fir), left. Biogradska Rijeka in Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at about 1100 m.

59-metre Picea abies (Norway spruce) emerging from conifer canopy. Left from it Abies alba (European silver fir) and right P. abies. A. pseudoplatanus and Ulmus glabra (wych elm, left). Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at 1200 m.

Two 56-metre Picea abies (Norway spruce), right (girth 671 cm) and left centre (girth 540 cm). A. pseudoplatanus (mossy trunks) and Fagus sylvatica (European beech, pale trunks). The conifer saplings are Abies alba (European silver fir) except the nearest, which is P. abies. Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at 1270 m.

Moist Alnus incana subsp. incana (grey alder) dominated forest. A. pseudoplatanus (scaly bark, centre) and Fraxinus excelsior (European ash) sapling, left. Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at about 1100 m.

Moist Alnus incana (grey alder) dominated forest. A. pseudoplatanus (scaly bark). Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro, at about 1100 m.

Stužica National Nature Reserve, Slovakia.

A. pseudoplatanus (right centre), height 39.1 m, girth 292 cm. Other trees: Abies alba (European silver fir) and Fagus sylvatica (European beech). Dobroč National Nature Reserve, Slovakia.

A. pseudoplatanus (two trees in the foreground and one on the rigth with a broken branch); Fraxinus excelsior (European ash, immediately left and almost hidden by the largest A. pseudoplatanus); Fagus sylvatica (European beech, other trees). Steneto Strict Nature Reserve, Bulgaria.

Pinus nigra (European black pine), large trees; A. pseudoplatanus, left; Prunus avium (wild cherry), right centre, with horisontal stripes; Fagus sylvatica (European beech), other smaller trees. Durmitor National Park, Montenegro.

47.4-metre Pinus nigra (European black pine), centre. Fagus sylvatica (European beech) and A. pseudoplatanus foliage, top left. Durmitor National Park, Montenegro.

Some tree species of Crna Poda, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro.

Fagus sylvatica (European beech, right and young trees), A. pseudoplatanus (centre), Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved linden, background left). Fauler Ort Nature Reserve, Germany.

Tilia platyphyllos (large-leaved linden, foreground), A. pseudoplatanus (background centre right), Fagus sylvatica (European beech, big tree background right and young trees). Fauler Ort Nature Reserve, Germany.

Grove of about 55 m tall Picea abies (Norway spruce) and 35-39 m tall A. pseudoplatanus. 55-metre P. abies, left. 54-metre P. abies, foreground. 39-metre A. pseudoplatanus, mossy tree beyond author. Fagus sylvatica (European beech) saplings. Perućica Nature Reserve, Bosnia-Herzegovina.