| Photo Information |
Copyright: Sydney Deem (sydeem)
![Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 15]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (68) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-08-12 |
| Categories: Rain Forest |
| Camera: Cannon EOS Rebel XTi |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/60 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-10-15 11:57 |
| Viewed: 931 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the few temperate rain forests in the world, and is also the largest. It is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial exploitation. This includes 38 km of low elevation forest along the Hoh River.
Annual precipitation ranges from 3.6 to 4.2 m (12 to 14 feet). Summers are relatively dry, but only by comparison to the rest of the year. The late fall, winter and spring floods cause the Hoh River to regularly erode its banks, change its course, and deposit fresh terraces of alluvium that are soon colonized by Red Alder. Giant trees topple into the river increasing the diversity of aquatic habitats.
The dominant species in the rain forest are Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock; some grow to tremendous size, reaching 95 m (over 300 feet) in height and 7 m (23 feet) in circumference. Coast Douglas-fir, Western Redcedar, Bigleaf Maple, Red Alder, Vine Maple, and Black Cottonwood are also found throughout the forest. |
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