Trees and Forests

This gallery celebrates the wonders – big and small – of trees and forests throughout the United States and Canada, including animals that call these sanctuaries of life home.

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Autumn foliage reflects perfectly in Vermont's Osmore Pond.
Perfect Symmetry
A large boulder was no match for this tenacious tree in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
Overcome
Morning fog is visible throughout the meadow of lupines during spring.
Lupine Lullaby
A lone cottonwood sapling has taken root in the canyon wall of Zion National Park.
Life Finds a Way
Two sunbursts can be seen in this maple tree due to the draping branches.
The Land of Two Suns
Aspen trees reach towards the sky in Jasper National Park, Alberta.
Nerve Center
A vibrant rainbow stretches across peak fall foliage in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
The Joy of Color
Black bear cubs climb a walnut tree in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Time Stood Still
Snowy trees frame a mountain in the Adirondacks.
The Road That I Must Choose
Two evergreens poke through the fog on small islands in the Adirondack Mountains.
Be Different
A snowy juniper tree gracefully frames a view of the Grand Canyon on a glorious winter day.
Front Row Seat
Dramatic lenticular clouds fill the sky above the Joshua trees and mountains of California's Mojave National Preserve.
Mojave Wave
Fallen leaves surround the trunk of a tree in the Adirondacks.
Lifecycle
Looking up the oak tree, you can see heavy snow stuck to the maze of branches.
Harmonious Dichotomy
A small tree has managed to take root atop a hoodoo in Utah's Byrce Canyon National Park.
Rise & Shine
Two small flowers inside a piece of driftwood in British Columbia's Pacific Rim National Park.
Me & You
Two small islands visible through fog on a late-fall morning in the Adirondack Mountains.
An Autumn Haunting
A great horned owl looks directly at you from the branches above.
Always Watching
An interesting pattern of light and dark bark on the trunk of an ancient bristlecone pine tree perfectly resembles a Yin-Yang symbol.
Ancient Balance
Abstract view of rain droplets on a yellow autumn leaf in the Adirondack Mountains.
Intricacy
Foliage and fog reflect in a pond in the White Mountains.
Veil Of Dawn
Cottonwood trees at the base of a canyon spring to life in Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument.
Spring To Life
Snow graces the edge of the Grand Canyon as the storm begins to clear and gradually reveal the canyon below.
Precipice
Thick fog mingles with the trees just below the summit of Mount Jo on an autumn morning in New York's Adirondacks High Peaks.
Head In The Clouds
A bright maple tree during peak foliage in the Adirondack Moutains.
The Tree
Snow covered mountainside in Lake George, New York.
A Snowy Dream
Morning fog along autumn mountainside in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Fall In The Valley
Fog lingers in the forest at sunrise in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Labyrinth
Snow coats a juniper tree at the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glorious winter day.
Snowcatcher
A twisted and tenacious juniper tree on a sunny April afternoon in Utah's Deadhorse Point State Park.
Desert Bonsai
Two large Joshua trees stand out from the crowd below the mountains of the Mojave National Preserve.
Mojave Joshy
Bristlecone pines found in the White Mountains of California are the oldest known living non-clonal trees in the world.
Father Time
Small tree barely hanging onto life atop the jagged folds within Bryce Canyon.
Hanging On
The sunrise lights up the hiking trail covered with fallen foliage in Upstate New York.
Journey to the Light
A vibrant green evergreen sapling seeks protection from a much larger relative in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Keep Me Safe
Two great horned owlets peek out from behind their mother.
The Watchers
Frosted Flakes
Frosted Flakes
Morning fog and fall foliage light up the background while a bull elk roams the meadows.
Purely Carnal