Hoh Rainforest
Rainforest
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The West End is also home to two of Olympic National Parks
natural wonders the temperate rain forest and 63 miles of
Olympic coastline.
Rain-forest country, where you will discover the green wonders of nature in Olympic National Park, is south of Forks Washington off Highway 101. It is a wet and wild forest with huge 500-year-old trees. With about 150 inches of annual rainfall, timber grows there faster than anywhere else.
Olympic National Park is recognized internationally as a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site because of the rain forest.
A temperate rain forest requires a mild coastal climate with rare winter frosts or summer temperatures above 80, park officials say. Add 12 feet of rain and some summer fog.
The tree most closely associated with the temperate rain forest is the towering Sitka spruce, but the forest is more than a collection of trees. It also supports mosses and many other plants.
Rain-forest country, where you will discover the green wonders of nature in Olympic National Park, is south of Forks Washington off Highway 101. It is a wet and wild forest with huge 500-year-old trees. With about 150 inches of annual rainfall, timber grows there faster than anywhere else.
Olympic National Park is recognized internationally as a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site because of the rain forest.
A temperate rain forest requires a mild coastal climate with rare winter frosts or summer temperatures above 80, park officials say. Add 12 feet of rain and some summer fog.
The tree most closely associated with the temperate rain forest is the towering Sitka spruce, but the forest is more than a collection of trees. It also supports mosses and many other plants.
Hoh Rainforest
Woven into the
fabric is a population of animals, including the Roosevelt elk.
Birds such as the varied thrush, western robin, winter wren, pileated woodpecker, gray jay, junco, and raven add texture to the rain forest' Black-tailed deer, cougar, black bear, river otter, Douglas squirrel,jumping mouse and shrew dwell there as well. So do insects, reptiles and amphibians.
The Hoh Rain Forest features a park visitors' center, campsites and trails.
See also: The Upper Hoh Road and the The Iron Man of the Hoh
Birds such as the varied thrush, western robin, winter wren, pileated woodpecker, gray jay, junco, and raven add texture to the rain forest' Black-tailed deer, cougar, black bear, river otter, Douglas squirrel,jumping mouse and shrew dwell there as well. So do insects, reptiles and amphibians.
The Hoh Rain Forest features a park visitors' center, campsites and trails.
See also: The Upper Hoh Road and the The Iron Man of the Hoh