Betula pendula Roth. (= Betula verrucosa Ehrh.), The Silver Birch, a pure young natural grove in snow. This tree species almost solely forms a vast grove-belt (forest-steppe zone) on the West Siberian Lowland.

Surroundings of Akademgorodok (Academy Town), Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 23rd March 1996. O. Kosterin.