Temperate Rainforest by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Finally a reasonable landscape image of rainforest on the Roaring Billy Falls track, West Coast, New Zealand.

[ToddK]

Nice photo Rob. It looks like a beautiful area.

[foxandcrow]

Great shot, looks like a great place to take a walk.

[DW58]

Nice one. Very Jurassic looking.

[Larrymc]

Superb image, this trail looks spectacular with all the foliage especially the ferns!!

[reh321]

Temperate Rainforest by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Finally a reasonable landscape image of rainforest on the Roaring Billy Falls track, West Coast, New Zealand.

a beautiful scene in the rainforest.

[RobG]

Nice photo Rob. It looks like a beautiful area.

It is! I'm glad that I could get at least one decent image of the temperate rainforest in New Zealand. I've always liked the temperate rainforest we have in Australia, such as the Beech forest on the Queensland border or the Beech forests in Tasmania, all of which are related to the forests in New Zealand. The family of plants which has been used as evidence of Gondwana is the Beech (Nothofagus); which includes the Antarctic Beech in Australia (Nothofagus moorei) and Silver Beech (Nothofagus menziesii) in New Zealand as well as other species in South America. Fossils and pollen of Nothofagus species have been found in Antarctica.

Great shot, looks like a great place to take a walk.

Thanks - it sure was!

Nice one. Very Jurassic looking.

And it should look that way, since the temperate rainforests of New Zealand and Australia are related to the forests which grew in Gondwanaland millions of years ago.

Superb image, this trail looks spectacular with all the foliage especially the ferns!!

Thanks! Yes, the Tree Ferns on this trail were especially good.

a beautiful scene in the rainforest.

Thank you!

[shaolen]

Interesting trers

[RobG]

Interesting trers

Trees? The plants in the forest are obviously ancient species. The moss and epiphytes add a fairytale quality which made the place ideal for filming movies like The Lord of the Rings.