Store-SkagastølstindScandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Trees & Shrubs › Mountain Birch
Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii, Mountain Birch, Fjellbjørk. 4m.
A hardy tree whose limit is the tree line at about 900m. They grow above the limit of the downy birch, of which they are a sub speices, so share in the reproductive characteristics.
They grow very slowly producing a hard but contorted wood. The trees are often infested by insects in the early summer.
In the autumn their leaves turn very rich colours before falling.