These forests should be seen at least once in your life.
Forests cover 30% of the total land area of the Earth. While many people imagine forests as endless clusters of evergreen trees, this type of ecosystem is incredibly diverse — some different types include boreal forest, temperate, deciduous temperate forests, coniferous forests, tropical forests and subtropical forests.
Not to mention these types of forests that is not a true forest, such as those found in swamps, under water and even those made of stone.
Look at these 15 amazing forests of the planet and see for yourself how they can be varied.
Bamboo forest Sagano (Japan)
Bamboo forest Sagano Arashiyama can be found in the Kyoto area, Japan. Roads, through groves, ideal for walking or Cycling. Bamboo stems sway in unison when there is a breeze.
The Alley Of The Baobabs (Madagascar)
Avenue of Baobabs consists of grouped 20-25 baobab trees along a dirt road in Menabe. Trees about 30 meters in height became something of a tourist attraction in the region.
National Park Muir woods (USA)
National Park Muir woods, consisting of 240 acres of California redwoods, a short drive from San Francisco. There are often fogs.
The Amazon Rainforest (South America)
Also known as the Amazon jungle, the forest covers most of South America (covering eight countries, with 2,670,000 square miles). Amazon is half the planet’s only rainforest, making it the largest in the world.
Pond herons (United States)
This forest is home to a cypress swamp consisting mainly of cypress trees along with a smaller number of ferns, willows and other plants. Trees grow in the openings of the bedrock of limestone that breaks down over time and allows trees to take root deeper and deeper.
The trees, dragon’s blood (Yemen)
Forest Dracaena cinnabari (also known as tree dragon’s blood) are the indigenous inhabitants ‘ of the island of Socotra in Yemen found only four Islands in the Indian ocean. The tree is known as tree dragon’s blood because of its red SAP, which is still used as a dye and in medicine.
Black Forest (Germany)
Black forest (Schwarzwald) is a thick woodland in the German state of Baden-württemberg. The Rhine valley share the forest to the South and West. Black forest is a place of many fairy tales of the brothers Grimm.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine (United States)
Located in California, in the County of Inyo, the forest is generally open from mid-may until the end of November. The forest is home to Methuselah (a copy of the ancient bristlecone pines), a 4,845-year-old Bristlecone pine, one of the oldest living trees on Earth.
Banff National Park (Canada)
Banff national Park is home to endless pine forests, lakes and meadows. In the forests of Banff sub-Alpine region is 53% of the national Park.
Stone Forest (China)
Stone forest in Yunnan province consists of towering limestone structures that resemble petrified trees. Their age is, presumably, more than 270 million years.
Kelp forest (USA)
Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of algae. The ecosystem in the kelp forest is complex, with different species of algae living in each canopy. Many people assume that America was once a fishing community, which followed the movement of Pacific kelp forests.
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica)
Founded in 1972, natural reserve, located in Costa Rica in the province of Puntarenas and Alajuela. Over 70,000 people a year visit the reserve, which contains some of the most diverse species of flora and fauna on the planet.
Mangrove tunnel (Honduras)
From the Caribbean sea to the Philippines, mangrove forests are composed of clusters of trees that grow in tropical and subtropical saline coastal habitats. Other examples exist in the Florida keys, Sumatra and Borneo.
Pando (United States)
Also known as the trembling giant, Pando is actually the only ocenaography poplar (or aspen, which are connected by a complex underground root system). It is believed that the roots alone, there are more than 80 000 years. Located near fish lake in Utah, Pando is considered the heaviest known organism in the world and one of the largest and oldest.
National Forest Park Zhangjiajie (China)
The Park is most known for its quartz-Sandstone pillars that rise above the surroundings, the result of centuries of erosion. It was declared a UNESCO global Geopark in 2004.
