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The Grizzly Giant Sequoia Tree in Yosemite. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Image ID: 36401
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The Bachelor and Three Graces giant sequoia trees. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Image ID: 36400
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Ancient bristlecone pine tree, roots spread wide and exposed over dolomite-rich soil, rising above the arid slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
Image ID: 23234
Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva
Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor.
Image ID: 23258
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The Fallen Monarch tree. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Image ID: 36399
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The Grizzly Giant Sequoia Tree in Yosemite. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Image ID: 36402
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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The Grizzly Giant Sequoia Tree in Yosemite. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
Image ID: 36403
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor.
Image ID: 23257
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Lowlying plants grow where a forest fire has cleared the forest floor of debris, allowing seeds of small shrubs and trees to take root. The charred and burnt trees remain behind, some of them still alive in spite of their blackened appearance.
Image ID: 23262
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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Lowlying plants grow where a forest fire has cleared the forest floor of debris, allowing seeds of small shrubs and trees to take root. The charred and burnt trees remain behind, some of them still alive in spite of their blackened appearance.
Image ID: 23277
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Giant sequoia trees, roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor.
Image ID: 23288
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | White trunks of aspen trees, viewed upward toward the yellow and orange leaves of autumn and the blue sky beyond.
Image ID: 23337
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA |
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Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00888
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00889
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00891
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00893
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00894
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Seabird chick nested among roots of Pisonia trees, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
Image ID: 00895
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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White trunks of aspen trees, viewed upward toward the yellow and orange leaves of autumn and the blue sky beyond.
Image ID: 23385
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | California dodder, a common stem parasite in California that typically parasitizes host shrubs. Dodders resemble tangled masses of orange spaghetti covering shrubs. Dodder is without chlorophyll and are nonphotosynthetic and is therefor an obligate parasite dependent on its host for water and nutrients through a root system that penetrates the stem tissue of the host.
Image ID: 11333
Species: California dodder, Cuscuta californica | California fuschia, Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California. A member of the primrose family. Local tribes occasionally ate seeds of this species, while leaves and roots were sometimes boiled and eaten. Settlers gathered seeds and used them as a natural remedy for a variety of illnesses, effectively, since this species contains gamma-linoleic acid.
Image ID: 11334
Species: California fuschia, Epilobium cana
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16607
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16608
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16609
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16610
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16611
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16612
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16613
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16614
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Mangrove shoreline. Mangroves have vertical branches, pheumatophores, that serve to filter out salt and provide fresh water to the leaves of the plant. Many juvenile fishes and young marine animals reside in the root systems of the mangroves. Punta Albemarle.
Image ID: 16615
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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