Picea abies (+ Fagus sylvatica) (4749' N 1554' E)

Description:

2008-07-27 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land (1160 msm Quadrant 8161/3).Here, on the Western slope of Drre Wand, predominant wind directions are easily predicted by the shape of spruce twigs: westerly winds prevail, and thus twigs are orientated eastwards.At this altitude spruce is native (and common, while it is not native in lower lying regions), but beech also grows here: see the stem centre-right of this photo.