Crooked dwarf forms of pines growing in the plateau of raised bog are the same Scots Pines, which we are accustomed to see in the typical coniferous forest of Europe. Due to high water content, free peat acids and nutrients-poor raised bog soils, all pine trees there grow slowly, they are characterized by irregular and often crooked trunks. On the wettest areas of plateau dwarf or cone-shaped pines grow only up to 1–3 meters. The ends of their branches are sticking out above the moss or stretching along the ground. On the drier bog habitats, the highest pine trees grow, which spherical-shaped crowns rise up to 8–15 m height.
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