| Along the shore, there are the last wilderness beaches in the lower 48 states. In the rain forest, ferns grow to prehistoric size and moss hangs like drapery from the branches of ancient trees. In the world's only coniferous rain forests, visitors can find the world's largest specimens of western cedar and Sitka spruce. In the alpine areas, rugged mountains wear wildflowers and rise in a blink from near sea level to six and seven thousand feet. |
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