Sentences with phrase «fern forest»

Thurston Lava Tubes — A cool lava tube / tunnel you can explore after a 20 minute walk through a tree fern forest.

And this Fern Forest Platter from Anthropologie.

Take a 100 kilometre (62 mile) side trip to Mount Field National Park, where you can bushwalk through lush fern forests to the spectacular Russell Falls, Horsehoe Falls and Lady Barron Falls, and take in breathtaking views from the Tarn Shelf.

Not exact matches

Fern also found — as others have — «little evidence that enough is happening on the ground» to meet targets to eliminate deforestation from supply chains under the New York Declaration on Forests or the Consumer Goods Forum.

Ferns are noted for their beautiful, lacy foliage on the forest floor, but there is a lot more to say about this interesting group of plants than their famous greenery.

Now paleobiologist Conrad Labandeira at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., has found signs of an insect larva that apparently resided within tree - fern fronds in the swamp forests of Illinois some 300 million years ago.

Along the banks of the more stable rivers stand dawn redwood, water pine, and a variety of angiosperms, whereas farther away, claiming higher, drier ground, are forests of cycads, ferns, and conifers.

A well - grazed forest of mature trees that has an airy understory of ferns is often called a fern park.

Scrubby vegetation, made up of grasses, ferns and fast - growing pioneer bushes and trees, was all that remained after the forest had been stripped to allow tin mining and vegetable cultivation.

When they lived, in the early Miocene, temperatures in New Zealand were warmer than today and semitropical to warm temperate forests and ferns edged the vast palaeolake.

He and his colleagues have found layers of rock from the end of the Triassic that are loaded with iridium, a marker rare on Earth but common in asteroids, as well as spores of ferns, which would have quickly sprouted after an asteroid impact wiped out the world's forests.

The type of plant it was — more tree fern than conifer — forces a major rethinking of «how modern - scale forests actually came into being,» says Stein.

This vegetation includes many species that typically live under forest canopies, including nonvascular plants (moss, in particular), Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis), autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora), lilyturf (Liriope muscari), Korean rock fern (Polystichum tsus - simense), pearl oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), along with a Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum).

A biped, it probably moved through conifer forests in a herd, shearing off bits of ferns and palmlike cycads with its serrated, spatulate teeth, suggests Leal.

Less light reaches lower forest levels, and as a result native understory plants such as tree ferns are suppressed.

Ferns flourish in a forest of rich black silk.

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Cookie Figowitz, the youngest partner in the Wild Panthers furtrapping party, five weeks out from Colter's Hell, Sioux Country, knelt in a bed of ghost fern in the massive rain forests of the Oregon Territory staring into the surrounding trees.

Most of the complaints about cats have come from the southern half of Seminole County in Altamonte Springs, Longwood, Fern Park, Forest City, Sweetwater and near Apopka and Maitland, LaCrosse said.

Marvel at the lush foliage of giant ferns, palms, and towering trees; glimpse electric - blue Ulysses butterflies; and listen to the calls of cockatoos as a local guide introduces us to this remarkable rain forest ecosystem.

A historic cave with ferns cascading from its ceiling, tucked inside a lush rain forest laden with tropical plants, are just two of the pleasures our Kauai vacation rental guests can enjoy at the Fern Grotto.

Happy kids exploring nature with their grandpa The hike is about two miles round trip; the majority of the trail follows a flat dirt path surrounded by so much green that the eyes hardly know where to look — moss growing on all surfaces and hanging from every tree and green ferns covering the forest floor.

Tucked among the ohia trees and huge ferns of a mountain rainforest, the extensive woodwork and windows of the Bamboo Guest House, Guest Cottage, Forest... Read More

Soaring forests, fern glades, and some of the world's tallest flowering trees can all be found here.

MY FAVOURITE WEEKEND GETAWAY IS trip out to the luxury and tranquillity of Forest Ferns — perched on the edge of the river gorge and — the Dolphin Trail.

Next, hike the Escalonia Cloud Forest Trail, home to epiphytes, orchids, ferns and tropical hummingbirds.

The Marysville Forest Trails include iconic Steavenson Falls, Beauty Spot, Gilberts Gully, Tree Fern Gully, Michaeldene, Wilks Creek and Keppel Lookout.

See a giant King Fern, world heritage satinay forest and the crystal clear waters of Wanggoolba Creek.

The reserve's well - marked trails cut through ferns and orchids, and way overhead, hanging bridges allow walks amid the forest canopy.

The reserve is also home to baboons, several buck, monkeys, the black backed jackal and a rich canopied forest, thick with ferns, lichen and indigenous plants that provides hours of birding opportunities.

Making up the intense green forest is layer upon layer of vegetation... trees, plants, ferns, lichens, leaves, grasses.

Time to drive back to Ponta Delgada by driving down through the North coast of the mountain, having a stop at «Caldeira Velha», a beautiful forest covered with giant ferns and underbrush, two pools, one with a waterfall and the other, thermal, at temperatures of 39cº / 102f.

Dr. Limm studies how the ferns, shrubs, and trees of the redwood forest absorb fog and how this vital water source maintains the health of the redwood forest.

The bright green fronds you see peeking out of the forest floor at Muir Woods are most likely ferns.

Paradise Valley along the Barham river holds hidden treasures of beauty underneath a forest of tall standing tree ferns.

Just an hour's drive from Melbourne, explore the forests and fern gullies of the Dandenong Ranges via car, on foot or by historic steam train and admire some of Australia's finest cool - climate gardens.

From the windows you have a view into the forest of Ohia trees and Hapu'u Ferns and onto the 60 foot salt water swimming pool in the spacious garden beneath you

Tucked among the ohia trees and huge ferns of a mountain rainforest, the extensive woodwork and windows of the Bamboo Guest House, Guest Cottage, Forest House, and Sanctuary enhance the one - with - nature aesthetic.

From the windows you have an intimate view of the Volcano Forest with Ohia trees and Hapu'u ferns.

Its cool, turquoise waters, surrounded by dense forest, overhung with mosses, vines and ferns are the perfect spot for a cool and relaxing dip.

The tendrils of the mother fern hide thousands of fern pods that the Maori people saw as children of the forest.

Here you can stroll across tree - fern gullies and around the moss - covered roots of ancient rain forest trees.

The swirling tattoo patterns that covered their faces and bodies were simply imitations of the ferns in the lush rain forest they lived in.

The forest floor is covered in redwood sorrel, ferns, fungi, duff, and debris.

Venture deep into the forest reserve where more than 270 species of fern and 100 varieties of orchid line shaded pathways.

After a short distance, the trail then enters the forest and continues up the north side of the mountain through varying types of forest, mostly with an undergrowth of ferns and salal.

Heading through a dense forest of old - growth Sitka spruce with an understory of ferns, salal, and salmonberry, openings in the trees offer views to the south of a secluded beach accessible via the South Trail junction at the beginning of the hike.

An early morning hike takes us an hour across a steep mountainside through lush, humid cloud - forest of giant ferns and broad - leaf vegetation.

Next we wind our way into the Cloud Forest following the now giant granite stones of the Inca Trail through orchids, ferns, bromeliads, and lush vegetation.