A sideways-growing oak tree wears a shaggy blanket of deep, wet green moss festooned with ferns and a tiny pop of red from a fallen hawthorn berry.

Ferns growing in the wet, shaggy blanket of moss covering a drooping oak branch. Notice the bright red hawthorn berry that fell from another tree nearby. #Ferns #FernFriday #Moss 💚 #ISeeMoss #Trees #Forest #Nature #Photography #PNW #Hike #TemperateRainforestsRock

The worn away knots on an ancient old-growth tree stump look like a surprised face in shades of brownish red and tan.

In my “prettyish kind of little wilderness,” I found an ancient old growth stump wearing this fascinating expression. Any fellow Crowded House fans out there? #Woodface #Nature #Photography #CrowdedHouse #NeilFinn #GoOutside #TemperateRainforestsRock #P&P95 #PNW

Strands of bright green cat tail moss dripping with rain hang off of a branch in the forest.

This is apparently cat tail moss, if my iNaturalist choice is right. Found it in my new favorite densely wooded spot in the neighborhood during a torrential downpour. #Moss #iNaturalist #ISeeMoss 💚 #LotsOfRain #Nature #Photography #PNW #TemperateRainForestsRock

Deep green moss fingers it’s way up a nearly-black rotting tree stump towards two tiny light peach-colored mushrooms on a foggy day

Exploring a densely-wooded spot in the neighborhood recently, I came upon this lovely scene: #Moss #ISeeMoss 💚 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Photography #TemperateRainforestsRock #PNW