Enchanted Forest
by Inge Johnsson
Title
Enchanted Forest
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
Description
Autumn among the maples in the Hoh Rainforest, one of the gems of Olympic National Park in Washington state.
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The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S. Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 24 miles (39 km) of low elevation forest (394 to 2,493 feet) along the Hoh River. The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers. Between the park boundary and the Pacific Ocean, 48 km (30 mi) of river, much of the forest has been logged within the last century, although many pockets of forest remain.
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The dominant species in the rainforest are Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla); some grow to tremendous size, reaching 95 metres (312 ft) in height and 7 metres (23 ft) in diameter. Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), western redcedar (Thuja plicata), bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), red alder, vine maple (Acer circinatum), and black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) are also found throughout the forest. Many unique mosses and lichens are also present in the rainforest, such as lettuce lichen (Lobaria oregana), which "requires the cool, moist conditions found under the canopy of old-growth forests" and is consumed by deer, elk, and other animals.
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The Hoh Rainforest is home to a National Park Service ranger station, from which backcountry trails extend deeper into the national park. A short, popular, 0.8 mile trail near the visitor center is the Hall of Mosses Trail, which gives visitors a feel for the local ecosystem and views of maples draped with large growths of spikemoss. In addition, there is the Spruce Nature Trail (1.2 miles), which conveniently displays information on various trailside trees and plants
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Captured with a Canon 5D Mk II and a Canon EF 28-70/2.8L lens.
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October 31st, 2011
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Comments (55)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest FORESTS
Jilian Cramb - AMothersFineArt
1/11/16 Congratulations your work has been featured in the FAA Group Beauty in Art!
Mother Nature
F/L Congratulations on your feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery! What a lovely image:>)
Carolyn Rosenberger
Congrats on your Special Highlight Feature! Beautiful scene and wonderful digital work! L&F
Sharon Duguay
Congrats on your Special Highlight feature in WFS Inge ,another gorgeous capture & digital work l/twt
Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Beautiful work, so creative and very deserving of your SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED WFS ARTISTS FOR THE WEEK!!
Hanne Lore Koehler
Amazing! It's truly an enchanted forest capture, Inge! Congratulations on your SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTIST feature in Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery group! L/F
Alana Thrower
Congratulations on being selected as a Special Highlighted Artist in the WFS group! This image is stunning! l/f
Donna Kennedy
Congratulations Inge on being selected for a Special Highlighted Artist of the Week in WFS!...L
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html