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Are you dreaming about wandering through a lush
maze of BC's ancient coastal temperate rainforests with huge trees more than
2,000 years old stretching higher than most modern skyscrapers? With
circumferences exceeding 9.4m (31 ft), it would take at least five tall
adults to completely embrace these giant trees. The main big tree species
include Sitka Spruce, Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir. Come with our
professional biologists and explore the mysteries of the ecology of the
forest beyond the trees.
The
biggest trees are in the patches of old growth rainforest in Carmanah
Walbran Provincial Park, Cathedral Grove, Clayquot Sound and other areas. A
great resource for tracking down the biggest trees in BC is the BC Big Tree
Registry. BC's pacific temperate rainforests have among the highest biomass
per hectare of any ecosystem on earth.
Old
growth rainforest species are still being discovered. Bird watching
opportunities include many species such as owls, bats, woodpeckers and
varied thrushes which thrive in old growth rainforests and their complex
structure of multiple canopies, dead standing trees, rotten logs and
openings with berry bushes. You may come across the secretive red backed
salamanders or little critters that smell like cherries. In the right season
sample a diversity of berries and witness the flowers of the rainforest.
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