baumzaehlen - Primeval Forests & Their Trees

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Abies amabilis (Pacific silver fir, Pinaceae)

One large Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) highlighted in background. Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve , BC, Canada.
Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). Background A. amabilis . Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve , BC, Canada.
Some trees of low altitudes of Flores Island, Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve , BC, Canada.
Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock), left foreground. Goat Marsh Research Natural Area , Washington, USA.
Low Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock) forest. The pale trunks: A. amabilis . Right: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (coast Douglas-fir). Goat Marsh Research Natural Area , Washington, USA.
Abies procera (noble fir) forest. The tree with pale trunk, left: A. amabilis . The tree with very coarse bark, background left: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (coast Douglas-fir). The trees with lower branches, centre and right: Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock). Goat Marsh Research Natural Area , Washington, USA.
Giant Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce), with A. amabilis (paler bark) and a single Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock, left foreground). Carmanah Valley at 140 m. Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park , BC, Canada.