lcarreau - Nov 3, 2007 12:01 am - Voted 10/10
Very cool!YES, I see the waves. What species of fir? Is this considered to be Krummhotz or stunted growth??? If there were any deer (at all) on the face of this mountain, a person would probably have NO trouble seeing them. THANKS!!
nartreb - Nov 3, 2007 7:22 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Very cool!Some of what's in the foreground would qualify as krummholz, but the waves occur among full-grown trees. It's abies balsamica, balsam fir. There's lots of sign of deer and moose, but I've never seen a deer in fir forest - it's too thick to see and the deer hear you a mile away.
lcarreau - Nov 4, 2007 12:10 pm - Voted 10/10
Thanks for the linkto the krummholz site! Being still relatively new to SP, I hadn't realized there were so many ALBUMS put together. For my enjoyment!!!
The forest where I saw krummholz is in my birth county of Washington state. Specifically, ON the upper elevations of Spray Park,(6,000'), in Mt. Rainier NP. The species were Subalpine fir & Silver fir with a few Mountain Hemlock throw in the mix. My friend has a friend that works at Harvard, but I haven't made it to Boston, yet. Thank you, nartreb!
Did you know that moose are related to Reindeer???
Tahawus - Aug 15, 2008 6:17 pm - Voted 10/10
There's a View!So that's the view I missed! Urrrrggghhhh! Better hike it again on a sunny day.
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