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Queets Rainforest

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Comments (4)

Jan L. Janicki on August 3, 2007

Very interesting place

Francesco Favalesi on August 5, 2007

magic place

Art Brown on May 31, 2010

Amazing. Does a lot of that area look like that? Are those trees alive, or does the moss just cover dead ones?

Mike MacFerrin on May 31, 2010

Art,

Yes, many of the temperate rainforests looks like that, although that's a particularly thick section. The trees are very-much alive, the moss and lichens grow there are epiphytes... they don't draw any water or nutrients from the tree, but rather from the air, rain, and debris accumulating around it. Especially on big-leaf Maples (the big tree you see in that photo), the mosses grow ESPECIALLY thick.

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Photo details

  • Uploaded on December 12, 2006
  • © All Rights Reserved
    by Mike MacFerrin
    • Camera: Canon PowerShot S410
    • Taken on 2004/07/24 21:37:30
    • Exposure: 0.125s (1/8)
    • Focal Length: 7.41mm
    • F/Stop: f/2.800
    • Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
    • No flash

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