Forest Dependencies

[AlanLichty]

Life in the coastal temperate rainforest is a long chain of codependencies and this is a nice example of that. The big leaf maple has dropped its leaves in this scene and the moss that covers the bark is thriving well enough to provide a home for the ferns to take root. Taken on a rainy day along the North Fork road in the Siuslaw National Forest east of Florence, Oregon.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Classic rain forest scene - the moss will likely devour anything there over time.

 

[AlanLichty]

Classic rain forest scene - the moss will likely devour anything there over time.

Thanks Jameel - the moss looks beautiful in the forest along with the ferns. That said I would prefer that these plants stay in the forest and not on my roof.

 

[Michael13]

We're all connected to everything. Impressive detail in this image that resembles a chartreuse daddy longlegs on steroids!

 

[AlanLichty]

We're all connected to everything. Impressive detail in this image that resembles a chartreuse daddy longlegs on steroids!

Thanks Michael - I never cease to be amazed and impressed with the forests of the PNW after spending most of my life in the arid environments of Arizona and Utah. The coastal rainforests are what lured me to pull up stakes and move up here over 25 years ago.

 

[JimFox]

Love it! This type of scene from the PNW never gets old to me.

 

[AlanLichty]

Love it! This type of scene from the PNW never gets old to me.

Thanks Jim - this is the type of forest that made me want to come live up here. Far far away from the cholla forests I hated as a kid in the desert

 

[Peter Michal]

Beautiful detail of the greenery that covers this tree.. looks like a green land squid.
Good attention to detail, Alan.

Peter

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful detail of the greenery that covers this tree.. looks like a green land squid.
Good attention to detail, Alan.

Peter

Thanks Peter - this is actually one branch of a much bigger tree but this more isolated view had the best looking composition.

 

[Jon Bev]

Be interesting to know what the average rainfall is in that area.

 

[AlanLichty]

Be interesting to know what the average rainfall is in that area.

Thanks Jon - this part of the coast range gets about 90" per year. Farther north in the Hoh rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula gets 144" per year.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Beautiful work as usual, Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful work as usual, Alan.

Thanks Doug - hard to go wrong with scenes like this to play with.