fallen logs
Downed timber remains
Fallen logs are trees that have died and toppled to the ground, where they slowly decompose.
In ecology, they provide crucial habitat for fungi, insects, and small animals, returning nutrients to the soil.
Hikers encounter them as obstacles or makeshift benches: We sat on a fallen log to rest.
- deadwoodUnproductive people or things
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- wood decayDecomposition of timber
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
mushrooms · rotting · rotting wood · forest · forest floor · undergrowth · beetles · bark · lichen · decomposing · timber · woodpile · hollow · tree trunk · damp · damp earth · ferns · habitat
- forest debrisdead leaves, twigs, pine needles, leaf litter, tree limbs
- Hemlock Foresthemlock trees, western hemlock, understory, tree canopy, forest floor
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- forest ecosystemtrees, shrubs, bark, fungi, mushrooms
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- woodlandoak tree, oak trees, beech, oaks, birch
vertical orientation/position
fallen logsstanding timber
Trees still rooted, marketable
saplings · old-growth trees · managed forest · forest canopy · snags
fallen, fall, falls, falling, faller, downfall, rainfall, waterfall, windfall