Favourite tree and favourite forest type

[rothaer]

Tell your favourite tree and your favourite forest type (maybe illustrate the latter with a pic).

My favourite tree is the yew, directly followed by the oak.

But as a forest my favourite is a beech forest. I really feel "home" in such a forest:

[Russki]

Pine tree and pine forest.

[Mejgusu]

Favorite tree: gingko



I am often hiking here, our forest type is deciduous forest, although I am pretty sure at some areas it’s mixed coniferous forest. I have some wonderful pictures, but it is a good idea to don’t give a hint about the location of my hometown.

[Laly]

I like birches for their spiritual and cultural importance, for ex. in Celtic culture or nowadays for ex. in Northern Europe.



I really like artifacts, objects made with birch, like engraved boxes. I have several from Belarus and Russia. I also love birch juice and I remember that in Saint Petersburg, I had the pleasure to taste a delicious ice cream, in a nice restaurant, made with birch bark.

I remember that in Czech, the name of the month "March" is březen , a word derived from the word "birch", because it's the month when the birches blossom. I find that very poetic.

I like forests like that of Białowieża in Poland. I have such good memories from my walks there.

[Laly]

Tell your favourite tree and your favourite forest type (maybe illustrate the latter with a pic).

My favourite tree is the yew, directly followed by the oak.

But as a forest my favourite is a beech forest. I really feel "home" in such a forest:

Oak is such a beautiful and noble tree!

In the end of the Middle Ages and in the Modern Times (XVI-XVIIth c.), the Southern Netherlands (current Belgium) had a mass production of altarpieces, for the local market and for exportation all over Europe. It was usually the sessile oak that was used to make them. In fact, sessile oaks grow slowly, their wood is tender, easy to work with and stable. It is necessary for these trees, to grow, to have a poor soil, that is sandy, as well as a continental climate. So, these trees were found greatly in the Baltic region, in the forests of Poland. On the other hand, the pedonculate oak is hard to work with, it reacts a lot to humidity and it is used often to make ships and frameworks.

So, historically, the sessile oak used for the altarpieces in the Southern Netherlands came from Poland. The cleaved blocks of wood stayed in the forest until the melting of the ice caps in spring and they were then transported on rafts by the river. They were unloaded in the important Hanseatic port of Danzig and then, they were brought to important port cities of Flanders, such as Antwerp or Bruges.

[Sylvanas]

Favourote tree: Aleppo pine

[rothaer]

Oak is such a beautiful and noble tree!

In the end of the Middle Ages and in the Modern Times (XVI-XVIIth c.), the Southern Netherlands (current Belgium) had a mass production of altarpieces, for the local market and for exportation all over Europe. It was usually the sessile oak that was used to make them. In fact, sessile oaks grow slowly, their wood is tender, easy to work with and stable. It is necessary for these trees, to grow, to have a poor soil, that is sandy, as well as a continental climate. So, these trees were found greatly in the Baltic region, in the forests of Poland. On the other hand, the pedonculate oak is hard to work with, it reacts a lot to humidity and it is used often to make ships and frameworks.

So, historically, the sessile oak used for the altarpieces in the Southern Netherlands came from Poland. The cleaved blocks of wood stayed in the forest until the melting of the ice caps in spring and they were then transported on rafts by the river. They were unloaded in the important Hanseatic port of Danzig and then, they were brought to important port cities of Flanders, such as Antwerp or Bruges.

Very interesting. I was not aware of any notable difference between sessile oak and pedonculate oak.

After you jumped over my favourite yew tree: After it's very toxic for horses and very suitable for longbows it was exploited and removed in most parts of Europe. Also, it has problems with regeneration after the wolf is essentially extincted and the deer population (that loves eating yew) became about the tenfold in Europe compared to the natural population. The wild Central European forests must once have been pretty different looking. Here a pic with the athmosphere of this indigenous, mysterious and once holy tree:

[rothaer]

I like birches for their spiritual and cultural importance, for ex. in Celtic culture or nowadays for ex. in Northern Europe.



I really like artifacts, objects made with birch, like engraved boxes. I have several from Belarus and Russia. I also love birch juice and I remember that in Saint Petersburg, I had the pleasure to taste a delicious ice cream, in a nice restaurant, made with birch bark.

I remember that in Czech, the name of the month "March" is březen , a word derived from the word "birch", because it's the month when the birches blossom. I find that very poetic.

I like forests like that of Białowieża in Poland. I have such good memories from my walks there.

Yes, and absolute special and friendly athmosphere with birch forests. I was waiting for Russians suggesting this.

[Gallop]

I like all the trees but especially

Cypresses so huge and well arranged


Wild pear tree


Mimosa


Weeping Willow

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

Oak forest ofcourse, given my name

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