For a healthy forest, even ‘resting’ trees are important to survival.
Here you’ll find one napping comfortably under a thick mossy blanket, with its ‘’feet’ pointing curly ‘toes’ toward the trail, just 4m away.
A tranquil scene, but under that blanket, there’s a hive of activity, as the moss, several anthropods and even tinier organisms work to convert the sleeping log to soil and nutrients for the next generation of forest flora.
Sitting quietly by this hubbub is a geocache—a small (60mL) screw top container, wrapped in camo tape, and waiting to be found. Search gently, and try not to disturb the hard-working moss and the resting tree.