Muskeg with red sphagnum moss, bog or lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) and cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), Port Houghton, Southeast Alaska, USA.
The sphagnum moss is so thick in places in the muskeg, and often beautiful shades of red and pink. Walking on it is like walking on snow because you leave such deep footprints as it springs beneath your feet. I didn't like to leave too many ugly footprints in such a pristine miniaturised environment of dwarf plants. The muskeg always invites closer inspection to discover the variety of berry-producing plants at ground level.
- Filename
- Alaska-vegetation18.jpg
- Copyright
- Duncan Murrell
- Image Size
- 5417x3543 / 22.9MB
- Contained in galleries
- Meadows and Muskeg
