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Composition: The Trees, Animals, and Other Life in the Old-Growth Forest

 

Wild rhododendron is part of the mosaic of young and old trees, shrubs, herbs, mosses, and fungi in an old-growth forest.Composition is defined as the different species of animals, plants, and other living organisms that are found in the ecosystem, and the abundance of each species.

 

The Pacific coast old-growth forest has thousands of species. The main tree species and just a few of the animal species are described on the Web page.

 

References

Old-growth hemlock. Each tree species contributes a little differently to an old-growth forest.

 

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