Jul 25, 2008

Rita left her mark

Just like southwest Florida has Charley and Wilma. Southeast Texas has Rita ... in the form of lots of fallen trees. Big ones too. This photo is along Beech Woods Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve, in what used to be a text book example of a mature and well-shaded Loblolly-Beech-Magnolia tree forest. Now a lot more light shines through, and more undergrowth beneath the fractured canopy gives the forest a different feel.

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