Caption

Spruce monoculture, standing and lying dead spruces after bark beetle infestation at the Brocken, incipient natural regeneration, Harz National Park, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 01, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Farina Graßmann

Reference

BRK25D53_029

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

57.0Mb (4.9Mb) / 18.2in x 12.1in / 5465 x 3643 (300dpi)

Keywords

politics politics coniferous forest coniferous forests forest woods forests tree trees mountain peak mountain peaks mountain top mountaintop mountain tops mountaintops pinnacle pinnacles Weevil Weevils Snout beetle Curculionidae Coleoptera Beetle Beetles bug bugs Insecta Insect Insects pest pests vermin bug bugs animal animals environmental pollution environmental pollution pollution pollution of the environment environmental contamination ecocide environmental destruction ecocides environment environment nature open air German Europe Europe's natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark carcass carcasses cadaver dead animal dead reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area Pinales Pinales Coniferales Conifer mountainous landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo Bark beetle Bark beetles Scolytinae damage damages damaged stand standing stands political Pinaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae National Park National Parks N.P. NP conifer conifers coniferous tree coniferous trees coniferous environmental pollution ecological damage environmental pollutions East Germany Eastern Germany nature reserve nature reserves natural preserve natural preserves nature conservation area NSG natural reserve environmental reserve spruce forest spruce forests infestation infestations monoculture monocultures mountain mountains Mount Mt. Mont Mt wooded forested Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD forest decline forest declines forest dieback tree death tree mortality damaged environmental damage environmental damages ecological damage dead natural regeneration environmental issue environmental issues travel photography Brocken Saxony-Anhalt Harz National Park polluting harmful to the environment Environmentally harmful Central Europe Middle Europe climate crisis bark beetle infestation Bark beetle plague Spruce Picea Pinaceae Piceoideae Spruces Spruce tree Spruce trees Pest infestation Harz region Harz Mountains Harz Spruce monoculture