Birch Woodland on Iceland (IMAGE)

Umea University

Birch Woodland on Iceland

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Restoring birch woodland on Iceland is shown. When the Vikings came to Iceland, there were expansive birch woodlands here, but nearly all was cleared away and the woods lay bare far into the 20th century.

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Christer Nilsson

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