Intermingled with the pines were shorter, ragged-looking trees with lumpy trunks, wizened branches and fine twigs like gnarled fingers: Betula pubescens, downy birch.

与松树混在一起的是矮小、参差不齐的树，树干粗糙，树枝干枯，细枝像多节的手指：白桦、绒毛桦树。