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A decaying tree stump in a damp forest, its wood crumbling and covered in patches of moss and pale green lichen. Several small evergreen clubmoss plants sprout from the sides and base of the stump, contrasting with the brown leaf litter scattered across the forest floor. The background is bare trees on a misty spring morning in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, near Linn Run State Park. .

The life of a tree is far from over when it sheds its last leaf and drinks its last drop of water. This tree "died" probably a decade ago, if not longer. Today it's a nursery for lichens, moss, and clubmoss. As full of life as ever! #LinnRun #pennsylvania #forest

Several moss-covered rocks on a forest floor covered with brown leaves.

A rock completely covered in a moss with wispy leaves that look like green hair.

Close up of a moss colony that looks like green hair with thin wispy strands.

Digital microscope image of moss leaves with very thin strands that look like green hair.

Four looks at Boulder Broom Moss (Dicranum fulvum), but your face keeps getting closer. Specimen found in Forbes State Forest, Pennsylvania, near Linn Run State Park. #moss #bryophyte #LinnRun #LaurelHighlands

30 seconds of zen #LinnRun #trailrun #mountainstream #relax