the Birch Karelian - a special version of a birch warty from family berezocvetnyh (Betulaceae), characterised by thickenings on a trunk and figured mramorovidnoi a wood structure (dark brown inclusions on a light yellow background) the Tree in height to 35 metres with diameter of a trunk nearby to 60 centimetres. Meets it is scattered in woods of Kareliya and further on the east to Urals Mountains, and also in Latvia, Belarus, Estonia, in the countries of Scandinavian peninsula. Population is limited.