The trees are festooned at all levels with epiphytic plants, including orchids, ferns, bromeliads and mosses.
There are a number of other rare plants, including the rare downy willow, as well as mosses and liverworts.
Female deer mice construct nests using a variety of materials including grasses, roots, mosses, wool, thistledown, and various artificial fibers.
It is composed mainly of wetland vegetation: principally bog plants including mosses, sedges and shrubs.
A forest is characterized by presence of all types of vegetation including herbs, shrubs, mosses, shade-loving plants and trees.
In nature, the fibrous trunks are hosts for a range of epiphytic plants including other ferns and mosses.
By 1886, 34 plant species were counted, including blue-green algae, mosses and some ferns; by 1897, there were 61.
Alpine vegetation, including mosses, lichens, and other small plants, is found at the upper elevations.
After 150 years of non-eruptive activity, vegetation has grown on the surface of the lava flows, including mosses and lichens.
The forest floor provides a habitat for abundant exotic plant life including mushrooms, lichens and mosses, and tree ferns up to 8m tall.