Under the tree canopy,it is pleasantly cool and moist in the forest.Shrubs and herbaceous plants are evenly distributed. Moss thrives,creating a green blanket almost covering the whole forest floor. Rampant vines, 30 or 40 centimeters in diameter, can wind their way up to the crown canopy. Old  man's beard, lightly swaying, completes the typical picture of a damp dark coniferous forest.Temperate zone plateau dark coniferous forest as spectacular as this is a world rarity.