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where trees still grow but only the stubborn ones survive the audition
krummholzGerman for crooked wood, trees wind-bent into bonsai giants
the limitsits just below treeline, the forest's last stand
snow buriedvegetation insulated under months of deep snowpack
flammulated owlsthese tiny owls breed in subalpine forests
meadow bloomwildflowers explode in a brief, frantic summer window