This is the view offered by Val Venosta, a land where the striking green of arolla pines and cypresses rises up against the deep blue horizon. |
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Small-leafed linden, mountain elm, ash, Siberian fir, spruce, blue spruce, larch, arolla pine and pine are also among the traditional trees. |
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The Aletsch forest is full of many kinds of flowers, with century-old arolla pines, and also wildlife. |
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You can recognise the arolla pine by the needles which grow in groups of five. |
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The lowest track is also the youngest part of the flora and the larch trees in the stony environment are a different picture from the old arolla pines above. |
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As regards winter diet, the species eaten most in relation to availability was mountain pine, followed by Norway spruce, arolla pine, larch, silver fir and Scots pine. |
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