When the needles are gone, a dead tree may still be green. A pale, ghostly green, but still busy converting sunlight to sugars. And providing sustenance and shelter to the forest creatures.
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| Hair lichen on dead trees. |
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| Look for eagles atop trees like this. |
The tree may be dead, but life goes on, and thrives.
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Cuando un árbol muerto ha perdido sus hojas, puede seguir verde. Un verde fantasmal, pero vivo, consistiendo de líquenes filamentosos que siguen convirtiendo la luz del sol a carbohidratos, sirviendo de sustento y albergue a las criaturas del bosque. La vida persiste, y prospera.
Fotos: árboles de hoja perenne, ya muertos, cubiertos de líquenes filamentosos.
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