Pacific Northwest Gardening: Growing under douglas firs, 1 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
I was facinated with the biodiversity of the fallen log growth. Yes the bush is willow, the variety of mosses was immense, lichen, water cress in the submerged areas, several algae stringing off the log, salamanders, frogs, snakes, a whole world of "world" in one little log. Pill bugs, worms, small trout underneath, insect larvae, fallen leaves with a batch of some spores underneath, ferns, unknown holes drilled into the rotting cedar from some species of who knows what, Centipedes, the list is endless. That is why I never get an early start on my canoeing adventures because there is too much to observe before the tent dries. The sky was full of Bald eagles, and ravens. Warblers were singing in the deep forest beyond. (my favorite song birds) Mists of evaporating waters, lifting off the water, in the areas of cold shadow. The snap of broken twigs in the distance from some unknown creature. It is always a wonder being trapped in the wilds of Montana. This is Bowman Lake nearby. We were here the day before.