Alaska 2007—Rainforest

Thick, jungle-like rainforest cloaks thousands of miles of shoreline in Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound. Many of these areas get 150 inches of rain a year.
 

Devil's Club, Rainforest

Verdant devil's club at Taku Harbor lives up to its name with spiny branches.

Skunk Cabbage, Rainfores

Skunk cabbage thrives along this trail at Pack Creek, Admiralty Island. Brown bears often smash the huge leaves—sometimes several feet long—flat.

  

Mushroom, Rainforest

In the dark, damp understory of the rainforest, mushrooms thrive, such as this one on on of the islands in The Brothers group in Frederick Sound.

Fungus, Rainforest

This bracken fungus in the deep forest of The Brothers was several feet high.

  

Fern spores, Rainforest, The Brothers

Spores create an interesting pattern on this fern, found in the rainforest in The Brothers Islands.