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Temperate rainforest Olympic Peninsula, Washington
USA
Temperate rainforests occur very few places on the planet, and a narrow strip of the Pacific coast of North America is the best area to see this remarkable ecosystem type. The Hoh River Valley is reported to receive about 3.5-4m (12-14ft) of rainfall per year, which creates a forest dripping with epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants), as seen here. In addition, some of these North American temperate rainforests are thought to contain more biomass per unit area than any other terrestrial ecosystem, although the diversity of species found here is just a small fraction of a tropical rainforest. Just to the right of the large double-trunked Sitka spruce you can see a slowly decaying "nurse log" that supports several young trees that began life as seedlings on the log.
Copyright: Dan Perlman
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 6000x3000
Taken: 03/06/2010
Caricate: 22/06/2010
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Tags: temperate rainforest; pacific coast; hoh river valley; nurse log; sitka spruce
More About USA

The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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