469/510

The World in Images

Logo

Olympic NP | Subalpine fir

WI_wa015.jpg

Abies lasiocarpa in the treeline area of the Olympic Mountains near Hurricane Ridge. The narrow and tapered habitus of the fir trees might be an adaptation to the immense amount of snow accumulating during winter.

Location
View on OpenStreetMap
Created
on Sunday 30 September 2007 by Martin Mergili
Visits and license
4689 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license