Sandra Bartocha / European white birch / Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) and Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, August

Sandra Bartocha / Downy / European white birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunks in the mist, Waldstadt, Potsdam, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

David Woodfall / Regeneration of a Birch (Betula pendula, B. pubescens) Forest in autumn, Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Scotland, thanks to rewilding efforts. October 2016.

Andres M. Dominguez / European white birch (Betula pubescens) woodland in winter, Spain, March 2016.

Floris van Breugel / European white birch (Betula pubescens) in a Dutch birch forest, Oisterwijkse vennen, The Netherlands. June 2009.

Floris van Breugel / European white birch (Betula pubescens) in a Dutch birch forest, Oisterwijkse vennen, The Netherlands. June 2009.

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch (Betula pubescens) trees and Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, October

Sandra Bartocha / European white / Downy birch tree trunks (Betula pubescens) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch (Betula pubescens) trees in Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris) flowering, Reicherskreuzer Heide / Heathland, Schlaubetal, Germany, early morning, May

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch (Betula pubescens) tree in flowering Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, May