In the 100-year woods.
Two large second growth Douglas Firs stand on the edge of a younger stand of Firs. The younger stand may have grown in a clearing (for a field for livestock grazing, or extensive gardens, it’s not clear) made by settlers in the early part of the 20th century. This once-cleared area is lined by these large second growth Firs.

Forest Macros

Lens: Pergear 60mm F2.8 MK2 2X Magnification Full-Frame Macro Lens on the Fuji X-T30

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Common Earthball Mushroom

Scleroderma citrinum on forest floor

Lens: Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD on a Fujifilm X-T30

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A massive second growth Douglas Fir, remnant of the 100-year wood tucked inside a “pocket park” on the edge of farm fields and the 30-year third growth forest. “Tombstones” from the original forest, logged by settlers approximately 100 years ago. That forest was relatively young 300-400 years, a “new” forest after the great fire that burned much of the region in the 1600s. The eastern plain of Vancouver Island, north of the Malahat and into the great Sayward Valley, has always been a relatively dry Douglas Fir zone, featuring droughts and massive fires every 250-400 years.

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