Ever thought of a tree as a habitat? 🌳 In temperate rainforests, trees don’t just grow in the environment, they create it! Their trunks and branches host other species like mosses, ferns, and lichens. These organisms grow directly on the trees without taking nutrients from them—we call them epiphytes. 🪵🌿 Because these trees support so much growth high up in the canopy, they make temperate rainforests great at storing carbon and tackling climate change. 🌱 So next time you’re in a temperate ra