Hochficht: Picea abies mountain forest (4844' N 1354' E)

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2008-12-08 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach/O - Hochficht, Bhmerwald/ Bohemian Forest (1200 msm Quadrant 7349/1).At this altitude, spruce would dominate even without human intervention - however, there would also be some broadleaf trees (beech especially), on poorer soil also pine - evne at this altitude, and there are on places which are more or less left alone. Not so here where there's hardly any other tree but spruce.