Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Hall of mosses

Mossy phone
 The Pacific Northwest of America is famed for its forests. The Olympic National Park is on the West coast of Washington State, west of Seattle. (Location).The rainfall is high (3.5 m per year in some parts), the climate is mild (at lower elevations) and there are large areas of relatively undistrubed forest. Ideal conditions for moss! In the centre of the region, the Hoh river runs, and bordering it are some trails through a spectacular landscape of enormous trees (up to 100m high) dripping with epiphytic mosses and clubmosses.

Identitification of several the species on this page is pending.

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Crescent Lake
Rocks covered in Racomitrium heterostichum on the shore of Crescent Lake
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Racomitrium heterostichum Hair point, showing small spines (x 150)
'Crinkle-cut' cells typical of the genus (x600)


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'Hall of mosses' trail. Trees are dripping with clubmoss and Isothecium stoloniferum.

Clubmoss (actually more of a fern than a moss)
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Isothecium stoloniferum
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Dicranum
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Sphagnum
Liverwort
Hylocomnium splendens?
Hylocomnium splendens?
Rhytidiadelphus loreus

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Rhizomnium glabrescens
Climacium?
Plagiothecium?
Plagiomnium venustum?

Mosses (identification pending: if anyone has some suggestions, please mail me)

Hoh
Fontinalis in stream, click to enlarge

Fontinalis;
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Ranunculus (probably penicillatus) in stream, with Fontinalis
Fontinalis in stream

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Moss being grazed by Elk and Moss being sat on by Bald Eagle

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