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Trees of Siberia (25 P) Pages in category "Trees of Russia" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Larix sibirica, the Siberian larch or Russian larch, is a frost-hardy tree native to western Russia, from close to the Finnish border east to the Yenisei valley in central Siberia, where it hybridises with the Dahurian larch L. gmelinii of eastern Siberia; the hybrid is known as Larix × czekanowskii.
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, [2] or East Asian white birch, [3] is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China, and southwest Asia in the mountains of ...
The birch is New Hampshire's state tree and the national tree of Finland and Russia. The yellow birch is the official tree of the province of Quebec (Canada). The birch is a very important element in Russian culture and represents the grace, strength, tenderness and natural beauty of Russian women as well as the closeness to nature of the ...
A Russian birch bark letter from the 14th century Birchbark shoes. Birch bark or birchbark is the bark of several Eurasian and North American birch trees of the genus Betula.. The strong and water-resistant cardboard-like bark can be easily cut, bent, and sewn, which has made it a valuable building, crafting, and writing material, since pre-historic times.
Betula schmidtii, the iron birch or Schmidt's birch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to Manchuria, Korea, Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East, and Japan. [ 1 ]
Inonotus obliquus, commonly called chaga (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə /; a Latinisation of the Russian word ча́га), is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is parasitic on birch and other trees. The sterile conk is irregularly formed and resembles burnt charcoal.
The species is 20 metres (66 ft) tall with black coloured bark and either reddish-brown or dark brown coloured branches which are also shiny and glabrous. Petiole is 0.5–1.5 centimetres (0.20–0.59 in) with leaf blades being ovate, elliptic, rhombic and 3.5–5 centimetres (1.4–2.0 in).