Picea abies

Photo: Picea abies. This still small specimen thrives in a barren glacier foreland. Is it the harbinger of an entire forest?
Description: Picea abies. This still small specimen thrives in a barren glacier foreland. Is it the harbinger of an entire forest?
Habitat: Barren glacier foreland. Sloping gently from south to north. Covered by ice until ca. 2004. Altitude: about 1950m a.s.l.
Lat.: Picea abies
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Location: Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 6.2020
Photographer: Daniela Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: C166057