Nurse Log Photos

Fallen coast redwood tree. This tree will slowly decompose, providing a substrate and nutrition for new plants to grow and structure for small animals to use. Nurse log.
Species: California redwood, Coast redwood, Giant redwood, Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood National Park, California
Image ID: 25803  

Fallen coast redwood tree. This tree will slowly decompose, providing a substrate and nutrition for new plants to grow and structure for small animals to use. Nurse log.
Species: California redwood, Coast redwood, Giant redwood, Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood National Park, California
Image ID: 25820  

Nurse log. A fallen Douglas fir tree provides a substrate for new seedlings to prosper and grow.
Location: Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 21040  

A fallen tree serves as a nurse log for new growth in an old growth forest of douglas firs and hemlocks, with forest floor carpeted in ferns and mosses. Sol Duc Springs.
Location: Sol Duc Springs, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13755  

Nurse log. A fallen Douglas fir tree provides a substrate for new seedlings to prosper and grow.
Location: Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 21039