Diseased Spruce Landscape | Richard Baker Photography

Diseased Spruce Landscape

A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.

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Image Size: 5315x3543 / 7.3MB; malopolska europe eu polish poland tatra national park tatrazansky park narodowy dolina chocholowska diseased hills tatra mountains region countryside country rural property land forestry forest woodland woods spruce trees spruce beetle effects results damaged damage dead environment habitat ips typographus killed decimated ecology industry lost habitat landscape forest floor
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A forest landscape where spruce trees have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.