baumzaehlen - Primeval Forests & Their Trees

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Betula pendula (silver birch, Betulaceae)

 

 

B. pendula in Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest. Pyhä-Häkki National Park, Finland.
Forest on dry soil with B. pendula (with white bark), Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, foreground and red trunks in the background) and Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dark foliage). Pyhä-Häkki National Park, Finland, at 175 m.
Stand of B. pendula (2., 4. and 5. trunk from left) and Populus tremula (common aspen, the other grey trunks). Picea abies (Norway spruce, background) and shrub-like Juniperus communis (common juniper). Pyhä-Häkki National Park, Finland, at 165 m.
All the tree species of Pyhä-Häkki National Park, Finland.
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, with reddish upper trunk), Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dark green foliage) and B. pendula. Salamajärvi National Park, Finland.
Picea abies (Norway spruce) dominated forest with one pole-sized Betula pubescens (downy birch, behind the dead tree), B. pendula (white trunks), Populus tremula (common aspen, next left from the dead tree and upper right centre) and shrub-like Alnus incana (grey alder, centre). 32.6-metre P. abies, left centre. Salamajärvi National Park, Finland.
Light sparse Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) forest. Also Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dense foliage) and B. pendula. Salamajärvi National Park, Finland.
B. pendula (light green crowns), Picea abies (Norway spruce, dark crowns) and Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, reddish trunks). Lakeshore of Luomajärvi. Helvetinjärvi National Park, Finland.
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, with coarse lower bark and reddish upper bark), Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dense foliage), B. pendula (with white bark), saplings of Sorbus aucuparia (European rowan) and shrub-like Juniperus communis (common juniper, centre). Salamanperä Strict Nature Reserve, Finland.
Foreground: Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) and Betula pubescens (downy birch). Background: P. sylvestris forest with some Picea abies (Norway spruce, narrow crowns) and B. pendula (light green crowns). Salamanperä Strict Nature Reserve, Finland.
North-facing slope on the left, south-facing slope on the right. B. pendula (foreground), Pinus peuce (Macedonian pine, the trees behind B. pendula), Abies alba (European silver fir, left between P. peuce trees). Rila Monastery Forest Reserve, Bulgaria.
Foreground (south-facing slope): Acer platanoides (Norway maple, extreme left), Abies alba (European silver fir, left and centre), Fagus sylvatica (European beech, left), Pinus peuce (Macedonian pine, right) and B. pendula (right). Background (north-facing slope) mostly Picea abies (Norway spruce), A. alba and B. pendula. Rila Monastery Forest Reserve, Bulgaria.
North-facing slope. B. pendula (broadleaf trees), Pinus peuce (Macedonian pine, conifers with light green crowns), Picea abies (Norway spruce, medium green crowns), Abies alba (European silver fir, dark green crowns). Rila Monastery Forest Reserve, Bulgaria.
Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest in moist valley. Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, with coarse bark) and B. pendula (with white bark). Tyresta National Park, Sweden.
Low Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) forest at dry rocky site. Juniperus communis (common juniper, centre foreground) and B. pendula (right background). Tyresta National Park, Sweden.
Picea abies (Norway spruce) dominated forest. B. pendula group, centre. Populus tremula (common aspen, thick trunks, right background). Some small Sorbus aucuparia (European rowan). Isojärvi National Park, Finland.
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) forest. Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dark green crowns) and B. pendula (broadleaf trees). Isojärvi National Park, Finland.
Dry Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) forest. Picea abies (Norway spruce, with dense foliage) and B. pendula (foreground). Isojärvi National Park, Finland.
Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest. Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, centre background with rough bark) and B. pendula (left with white trunk). Patvinsuo National Park, Finland.
Picea abies (Norway spruce) forest. Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine, reddish trunks in the background) and B. pendula (background right with whitish trunk). Patvinsuo National Park, Finland.
Some trees (and tall shrubs) at lower elevations of Borjomi Strict Nature Reserve, Georgia. T. dasystyla subsp. caucasica = T. begoniifolia.