Icelandic original birch forest

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Marco Cavalli
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection - National Council of Research (CNR IRPI), Padova, Italy

Dwarf birch trees with contorted trunks in a remnant patch of the Icelandic original birch forest whitin the desertified land around the Hekla volcano. In this area volcanic ash and grazing caused severe erosion.

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