Rainforest

Artwork ID # 2306-24504-16

Sitka spruce and moss festooned big-leaf maple branches, and ferns all contribute to nutrient-rich soils on the forest floor. Within this soil grow tiny tree roots and fern gardens. The moss, ferns and leaves actually build up a type of soil on the maple's branches.

American WildernessAmerican Far WestWashingtonOlympic PeninsulaOlympic National ParkHoh River Valleytemperate rain forestHall of Mosses TrailSitka SprucemossfernsTideland sprucePacific Coastfog beltbuttressed trunkboat mastspopcorn barkhandicapped accessbig leaf mapleacer macrophyllum

From Wilderness Series Archive - "An ARCHIVE of every WILDERNESS SERIES image"