Caption

Dead spruce trees in forest in the Harz Mountains in autumn, damage caused by bark beetle infestation, Harz National Park, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Oct 30, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra

Reference

BRK25L54_409

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.7Mb (7.4Mb) / 18.5in x 12.3in / 5548 x 3700 (300dpi)

Keywords

forest tree pest environmental pollution ecocide global warming environment nature German Europe natural preserve dead reserve climate change autumn Pinales autumnal landscape Bark beetle damage damaged Pinaceae National Park conifer european East Germany nature reserve infestation wooded Germany forest decline environmental damage environmental issue travel photography Saxony-Anhalt Harz National Park polluting pest control Central Europe climate crisis bark beetle infestation Spruce Pest infestation Harz Mountains dead spruce woods vermin pollution environmental destruction open air nature park protected area fall Conifer scenery N.P. coniferous tree ecological damage Eastern Germany forested German Federal Republic forest dieback harmful to the environment Middle Europe Bark beetle plague Spruce tree Harz bug pollution of the environment Naturpark sanctuary countryside NP coniferous nature conservation area Republic of Germany tree death Environmentally harmful environmental contamination conservation area landscape shot natural reserve FRG tree mortality Harz region landscape photo environmental reserve forests trees pests ecocides natural preserves reserves Autumnally landscapes Bark beetles damages National Parks conifers environmental pollutions nature reserves infestations forest declines environmental damages environmental issues pests control Spruces sceneries coniferous trees Spruce trees bugs BRD Europe's Autumn Season fall season landscape photograph NSG natural park