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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 ...
All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1929 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1929 will enter the public domain in 2025, films from 1930 in 2026, and so on, concluding with films from 1977 entering the public domain in 2073.
Betula alleghaniensis is a medium-sized, typically single-stemmed, deciduous tree reaching 60–80 feet (18–24 m) tall (exceptionally to 100 ft (30 m)) [ 2][ 7] with a trunk typically 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) in diameter, making it the largest North American species of birch. [ 2][ 8] Yellow birch is long-lived, typically 150 years and some ...
Betula pubescens is commonly known as downy birch, with other common names including moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch. [ 3] It is a deciduous tree growing to 10 to 20 m (33 to 66 ft) tall (rarely to 27 m), with a slender crown and a trunk up to 70 cm (28 in) (exceptionally 1 m) in diameter, with smooth but dull grey ...
At still lower altitude is the adjacent montane birch zone with mountain downy birch (Betula pubescens); some stunted spruce and pine, and many lakes and bogs. This part is regarded as part of the north boreal (sparse taiga) vegetation zone; birch forming the treeline is very rare outside Scandinavia. At lower elevations the forests become ...
Leshy or Leshi [a] is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. [1] There is also a deity, named Svyatibor ( Svyatobor, Svyatibog ), who is revered by both the Eastern and Western Slavs, heralded as the divine arbiter of woodland realms and ...
Montane ecosystems. A subalpine lake in the Cascade Range, Washington, United States. Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping ...
Birches at Wikisource. " Birches " is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. First published in the August 1915 issue of The Atlantic Monthly together with "The Road Not Taken" and "The Sound of Trees" as "A Group of Poems". It was included in Frost's third collection of poetry Mountain Interval, which was published in 1916.