The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.

 John Muir, American Naturalist (1838-1914)

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Decay: Moss, Ferns, Parasites, Insects, etc.

Moss on Giant Redwood, Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Forest, CA Moss on Ponderosa Pine, Yosemite National Park, California Avenue of The Giants, northern California Spagnum moss, Douglas Fir, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada Mossy Ponderosa Pine, Yosemite National Park, California
Hardened sap, scarred Pinion branch, Grand Canyon, Arizona Dried sap, Utah Juniper, Grand Canyon, Arizona Lone dead tree, southern Oklahoma farm field The Angel Oak covered in ferns and moss, South Carolina The Angel Oak, South Carolina
Sycamore leaf, late summer in Birmingham,Alabama Cellular... Oak leaf, Coppell, Texas Insects, over-ripened Papaya, Chapala, Mexico Cellular... Oak leaf, Coppell, Texas Late summer decay, Madison, Wisconsin
Tent caterpillars, Body Island, North Carolina Abandoned insect gall, Red Oak, Coppell, Texas Eastern Cottonwood insect gall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Eastern Cottonwood insect gall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Elderberries, old insect gall, Coppell, Texas
Giant Sequoia stump, Grant Grove, Sequoia National Forest, CA Sculptural, Yosemite National Park, CA Giant Redwood stump, Kings Canyon National Park, California Juniper stumps, Sedona, Arizona Weathered, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Parasitic Mistletoe on Utah Juniper, Grand Canyon, Arizona Dominant unidentified growth, Ajijic, Mexico Dominant unidentified growth, Ajijic, Mexico Parasitic Mistletoe on Foothills Pine, central California Parasitic Mistletoe on Foothills Pine, central California
Old White Cedar trunk, Victoria Beach, BC, Canada Driftwood, Victoria Beach, BC, Canada Decaying Ceiba leaves, Lake Cote Cloud Forest, Costa Rica Large mushrooms - pine cone fungus? lentinus? needs positive ID, Kingston Ontario Large mushrooms - pine cone fungus? lentinus? needs positive ID, Kingston Ontario
Moss on charred Ponderosa Pine, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, CA Moss on charred Ponderosa Pine, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, CA Rot due to termites, Elizabeth Gardens, Manteo, The Outer Banks, North Carolina Rotting birch, Stony Swamp Trail, Ottawa, Ontario Renewal: Stony Swamp Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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