Microclimates: the inside of a burnt-out stump is protected from wind, warmer, maybe drier than the outside. This little stump is on the hillside above Lake Hoomak.
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| Hollow stump, with moss, lichens, salal,and evergreen ferns. |
On the outside of the stump, the lichen is a Cladonia species. On the inside a dust lichen, probably a Lepraria species, covers the burnt sections. Moss grows on the broken rim, where moisture collects.
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Un tocón de un arbolito, habiendo perdido el centro, crea varios microclimas: dentro, está protegido de los vientos, menos frio, más seco; afuera recibe el impacto de los vientos y la lluvia que estos vientos cargan. Este toconcito está en la ladera arriba del lago Hoomak.
En el exterior, lleva líquenes Cladonia. Adentro, un liquen de polvo, probablemente de una de las especies de Lepraria, cubre la parte quemada. Y el borde superior, donde se detiene el agua, sostiene musgos. Alrededor, hay helechos perennes y salal (Gaultheria shallon).
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