Caption

Small, detailed mosses (bryophyta) and bright trumpet lichens (cladonia fimbriata) stretch across the forest floor in a vibrant green, revealing a microcosm, hiking along the former inner-German border on the green belt near Mitwitz, Franconian Forest nature park Park

Date

Feb 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Marco Bunk

Reference

BRK26C18_057

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

25.1Mb (1.3Mb) / 12.9in x 7.6in / 3864 x 2266 (300dpi)

Keywords

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