Now few shots of nature, not very spectacular, perhaps boring, but I love this sandy and acidic areas. They are my playgrounds. Poor in nutriments, but floristically interesting.
Yes! This is also true here in California. Such areas are limited in my region but very interesting. One example is the
pygmy coniferous forest found in scattered locations with specialized nutrient-poor soil along the northern California coastal areas, where trees a meter high may be 80 years old. These areas consist almost entirely of species of Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, and Ericaceae with the conifers highly dwarfed. Surrounding areas with more normal soils have a much more diverse flora that is typical of the north coastal region of temperate coniferous rainforest.
I haven't walked in these forests in 35 years as I've focused on other locations of interest, but this is definitely a vegetation type I want to return to with suitable photographic gear and plenty of time to shoot carefully.
