Temperate rain forest bordering river flowing into Port Houghton, the mainland, Southeast Alaska, USA.
Temperate rain forest bordering river flowing into Port Houghton, the mainland, Southeast Alaska, USA.
The temperate rain forest of Southeast Alaska seems like such a dark impenetrable place, even along the banks of a river, like here at Port Houghton. The vegetation is often thick and impenetrable with spiky devil’s club, blueberry and salmon berry bushes, and the floor is littered with dead and decaying timber that further impedes progress through the forest. Usually the only way to get around the forest is by the animal trails that have been kept open by wild animals for thousands of years.
