Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem featuring bryophytes (mosses) colonizing a mature vascular host tree (conifer) and its exposed root flares.The moss-covered root system provides a complex habitat (microniche) for soil microfauna, invertebrates, tardigrades, and beneficial mycorrhizal. #ecology#science#biology#nature#moss
This tree has fallen, but it's still doing a lot for the ecosystem. Slowly decaying, providing food and shelter to thousands of species. Forests should be left unmanaged wherever possible.
#Polesia#wetlands#Mosstodon#moss#forest