Pacific Northwest Gardening: One Billion Trees, 1 by Poochella

Poochella wrote:
thank you for enjoying my tale of terror! I swear it was just about the most harrowing experience in all my years- certainly among the most distressing. I went for a quick walk in the woods/clearcut area and scouted out a few foxgloves yet to be harvested, Murmur. I have the habit of scattering the seeds when I find them dried and ready, but there will still be plenty.

I also took the time to marvel over all the little evergreens and had to stop myself from taking about 40 photos of them all LOL. Then I vowed to keep this thread going as long as there is a tree that might be worthy of mention, I'm posting about it and hope all of you do the same. They do contribute to our lives on so many levels.

Now I have to go look up atavistic.... Thanks for starting this thread Laurie1~ :)

A simple small decaying stump broken off or felled years ago has resprouted an entire little ecosystem on its 18 inch surface: moss, lichen, hemlocks and the shrubbier growth I can't identify. Perhaps vine maple on the left? I just marvel at it each time I walk by.