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List of superlative trees in Sweden Species Record Tree name Location Picture References Norway spruce: Oldest clonal tree in Sweden, 9500 years Old Tjikko: Fulufjället, Älvdalen, Dalarna County [1] Scots pine: Oldest non-clonal pine, at least 747 years old. Formerly it was thought a pine in Muddus National Park was the oldest. n/a
The Ornäs birch is the national tree of Sweden. The Czech word for the month of March, Březen, is derived from the Czech word bříza meaning birch, as birch trees flower in March under local conditions. The silver birch tree is of special importance to the Swedish city of Umeå.
The location of the trees is In 1985, the Ornäs birch was named as the national tree of Sweden, [ 1 ] and examples have been planted in central locations in many Swedish towns. In that same year, the first eight Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica' were exported to Pretoria, South Africa, from a nursery in Germany, by an avid tree lover, Karl Ernst Haese.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. ... Individual trees in Sweden (4 P) Pages in category "Flora of Sweden"
In England, trees appear to prefer soils with a pH from 3.6 to 4.6 but tolerate up to 7.6. They are found on soils with moderate clay content and avoid soils with particularly high or low clay content. [3] Carpinus betulus likes full sun or partial shade, [5] moderate soil fertility and moisture. It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system and ...
A forest in Dalarna. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [2]
The Ekeby oak tree (Swedish: Ekebyhovseken) is an oak tree in Ekerö outside Stockholm, Sweden, close to Ekebyhov Castle. It is the largest living deciduous tree in Sweden by volume. [1] The Ekeby oak is approximately 500 years old. [2] It was declared a natural monument in 1956. [3]
The flat petiole allows them to tremble in even slight breezes, and is the source of its scientific name, [3] as well as one of its vernacular names "langues de femmes" attributed to Gerard's 17th-century Herball. The leaves on seedlings and fast-growing stems of suckers (root sprouts) are of a different shape, heart-shaped to nearly triangular ...