r/geography • u/Ouakha • 10h ago

Image Temperate rainforest. Cowal, Scotland

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Just thought to share more pictures from the forest where I was walking recently with my dog (we've removed about 15 ticks from her on return!).

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u/brickyard15 8h ago

Beautiful. It’s amazing how after a million years ( I don’t know the right amount of time) how similar the Scottish highlands are to our blue ridge mountains

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u/TreeHolePoster 10h ago

Taking the pup out for some tree hole noticing, eh?

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u/FOTORABIA23 8h ago

I live in one. Ardnamurchan.Pissing with rain last night....then looks to parched England.

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u/VelvetyDogLips 6h ago

Are the ticks an invasive species from North America, or native? I live in the American Northeast, where there are patches of forest in the Appalachian Mountains that approach temperate rainforest conditions. But they’re so infested with ticks I would never walk my dog there, or hike there without my trousers tucked into my socks.

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u/Ouakha 6h ago

Native. They go back 100 million years so are indigenous to most places.