Moss-covered tree roots. Moss covering the buttress roots of an old common beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree. Photographed in Whyddon Deer Park, Teign Vall

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Moss-covered tree roots. Moss covering the buttress roots of an old common beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree. Photographed in Whyddon Deer Park, Teign Valley, Dartmoor, UK, in January.

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