Fig. 1Moss and spruce in the Tongass understory
Photo: Mark Brennan from Oakton, Virginia, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Landform
The largest national forest in the United States. Sitka spruce and western hemlock rainforest, granite fjords, and a coast that never quite dries.
Field note
Misty Fjords is a drowned granite range. The Tongass holds more carbon than most of the lower 48 forests combined. Salmon streams braid the moss. Rain is the weather and the season.
