Arctic Birch

Information on The Taiga & Boreal Forest

Bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea) and silver birch trees backlit by the autumn sun in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A birch tree covered in hoar frost and snow on the tundra near Lovozero in the winter time. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

Washing hung out on a birch tree to dry at a Komi reindeer herders' winter camp in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa) on arctic moss, Barrenlands, centrral NWT, Arctic Canada

Autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic Canada. Orange/reddish dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa) and yellow willow (Salix spp)Canada

Autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic Canada. Orange/reddish dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa) and yellow willow (Salix spp)

Autumn tundra, Barrenlands, central NWT, Arctic Canada. Orange/reddish dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa) and yellow willow (Salix spp)

Purple saxifrage and a twist of birch bark that has come all the way from Siberia. Worsleyhamna. Spitsbergen.

Boreal forest near Gornoknyazevsk with larch & birch trees in autumn colour. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bilberry and dwarf birch bushes grow in tundra on the igneous layers of rock on Renodde. Easr Greenland. 2005

Dramatic East Greenland landscape with mountains, icebergs and glaciers from Renodde. 2005

Tourists in a dramatic East Greenland landscape with a lake, mountains, icebergs and Glaciers from Renodde. 2005

Autumn leaves of the arctic birch with reindeer moss. Tundra in Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Reindeer Moss and the autumn russet catkins of Dwarf birch on the tundra in Hurry Inlet. Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005

A birch tree on the tundra at sunrise near Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

Birch trees on the tundra at sunrise near Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

Birch trees on the tundra at sunrise near Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

A birch tree covered in hoar frost and snow on the tundra near Lovozero in the winter time. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

Detail of the clasp on a sami birch bark backpack. Jokkmokk Winter Market. Sweden, Size to A4

Tundra flora in autumn, reindeer moss & dwarf birch. Yukon, Canada

The bank of the River Ob in autumn colour near Kutop Yugan. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Snow lies on the trunks & branches larch & birch trees in the Yamal. Siberia, Russia