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.