New Liverwort Found In Ca, Photos Of The Area

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Well, not really although some have called me that and the liverwort is found naturally growing in the area of CA often labeled as sasquawatch land.

The light levels are extremely low, these are all hand held images at 1/15th of second. I do not drink coffee obviously :tongue:
I measured 20 micro moles of light in most sections. That was at full sun, so these trees make it like night. Yes, they are 300-350ft tall and even the little ones in an old growth forest like this outsize everything you have seen beside the Sequoia up in the sierras.

The forest is massive, you cannot understand the scale in any of the pics, there is more biomass per acre than any other type of ecosystem in the world, tropical rainforest include, which this is (temperate, about 80 inches a per year). This is an extremely lush place. We took a 10 mile hike to the ocean along this trail and it was solid 200-350ft forest the whole way packed with 5- 6 species of ferns, trees growing on top of trees.

Close up of it on rocks:
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Fern canyon, a 50 ft deep canyon and creek that's about 3/4 mile like this. Rare "tailed" frogs live here, only saw tad poles this time.

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Pic of the liverwort in the water:
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Note, moving water and no light and no tripod!

Very common on rocks.

Here's a very pretty little falls with 5 fingered ferns:

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Here's the pic of a slug eating sasaquawatch. Note the size of these leaves. They are gaints. So are banana slugs if you have never seen a whopper.

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Close up of the 5 fingered fern:

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And to give some idea of the scale of these trees:
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We saw hundreds of trees this size or larger.

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Enjoy, get out and see the world.
You should see places like this before you die and then protect them so that the future can be left in awe.

Regards,
Tom Barr
 
Very cool, that forest looks incredible.

I will ahve to go there when I go to CA, where abouts is it?

And nice liverwort.
 
Now come on, how do we know she is not just a really small woman? ;)

Stunning pictures on the serious side though!
 
Wow, those trees are huge, ive read about them back in gr 7 science, but never really got a good look ,
id like to visit there one day perhaps, and hey california isnt that long of a drive i believe, after all the rockies are only 3 -4 horu drive from here , i want ot get out about hte world more when i grow, as a goal of mine, though really serious ever since i went into fish, ive been giving biology a though for a future career, my cousins gone into it i beleive =D
Oh and the hike to the ocean and to these huge trees and dense forest, must be quite an awesome experience :thumbs:
 
Very cool, that forest looks incredible.

I will ahve to go there when I go to CA, where abouts is it?

And nice liverwort.

It's about 5 hours north of SF, in Humbolt /Del North county, 45 min north of Eureka.
You can see these, the Sequoia and the bristlecones all in the same day(A long day and lots of driving).

I'd suggest these and the coast 2 -3 days.
Then Sierras, Yosemite, Sequoias, then drive over 120 to through the Owns valley to see the Bristlecones. Give yourself 3 days at least for that.

The biggest, the tallest, the oldest and every forest is radically different, sealevel or near, 5000-7000ft and 10000ft.

Regards,
Tom Barr
 
Wow, those trees are huge, ive read about them back in gr 7 science, but never really got a good look ,
id like to visit there one day perhaps, and hey california isnt that long of a drive i believe, after all the rockies are only 3 -4 horu drive from here , i want ot get out about hte world more when i grow, as a goal of mine, though really serious ever since i went into fish, ive been giving biology a though for a future career, my cousins gone into it i beleive =D
Oh and the hike to the ocean and to these huge trees and dense forest, must be quite an awesome experience :thumbs:


Oh you cannot read about these things, you have to see them in person, there's no way to photograph them to show what they are really like.
You have to go there and see them.
And you can drive there.

Alberta is nice but a tad cold:)
The lush greenery is similar, but the scale is much larger and the weather warmer/milder.

Parts of BC are similar.
Not quite as big etc, but not that far off.
There's also Glacier National Park in MT, Jasper, Lake Louise etc and a dozen other places, bogs etc

Regards,
Tom Barr
 
Those trees remind me when I was in California and went to visit the redwoods. Quite incredible the size they get to. Yosemite national park, Grand Canyon, all truly awe inspiring places to visit. Photo's just don't show what it's really like.

James
 
Yah Alberta isnt jsut a tad cold here in the winter, i live in the city htough so dont get to see as much, but, ive been around .
Lost in a forest for 2 hours on a school camping trip with 5 other guys who thought iwas a shortcut thru the woods.
But i doubt here the trees are big as those in the pictures lol.
 
Those trees remind me when I was in California and went to visit the redwoods. Quite incredible the size they get to. Yosemite national park, Grand Canyon, all truly awe inspiring places to visit. Photo's just don't show what it's really like.

James


I have no excuse not seeing everything within a several day's trip, but Jesus, there are so many places to see that close!


But.........Africa appears to be the next trip I'll be taking next year and perhaps to the Rio Negro as well. Those types of trips require more $ and time. I have 3 main trips to Africa planned, at least 3 to SA, one to Nepal, a couple to Europe. Looks like I'll have to do two trips a year for sometime:)

Until then, I will keep going out here.
 
Brilliant pics Tom. Thanks for sharing. Some nice lush growth in that canyon.

Africa you say? I should be going on an expedition to Africa( Zambia and Botswana) in 2008 with fellow pupils from school and an organisation called World Challenge.
 
I'll be heading for the Okavango delta actually.
So I'll be in the area. My girlfriend did 2 years in Malawi in the peace core.
Get your shots :good:



regards,
Tom Barr
 

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