Foreground: narrow buckler-fern (Dryopteris carthusiana), wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, small leaves) and beech seedlings (bottom centre). “Big primeval forest”
Rothwald has high volumes of dead wood. “Big primeval forest”
Deadwood in the autumn in “Big primeval forest”
Rotting trunk in “Big primeval forest”. Foreground: narrow buckler-fern and wood sorrel
Base of large beech on steep slope in “Big primeval forest”
Rothwald grows on dolomite and limestone. “Big primeval forest”
Fir and beech. “Big primeval forest”
Beech grove in “Big primeval forest”. A fir base visible, background right
Slope forest in “big primeval forest”. Fir, beech and spruce (background centre with reddish trunk)
Rothausbach (creek) in the “big primeval forest”. Beech and spruce
Rothausbach. In the background beeches. On the fallen trunk spruce saplings. On the rock (centre) round-leaved saxifrage (Saxifraga rotundifolia)
Avalanche-cleared gap in the “big primeval forest”. Fir, spruce and beech
Two large spruce in “Big primeval forest”
Dead spruce, girth 452 cm. Also young beech. “Big primeval forest”
Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) on dead trunk in “Small primeval forest”
Fir and beech. “Small primeval forest”
Beech, fir and spruce (big tree on the left). "Small primeval forest"
Foreground: two sycamore maple, and beech saplings. Background: beech, fir and spruce. “Small primeval forest”
Small stream in "small primeval forest". Beech and fir
52-metre spruce in the “small primeval forest”. Also fir and beech
Seedlings of the four most important tree species: Norway spruce (top left and right), European silver fir (bottom centre and right), European beech (bottom left) and sycamore maple (centre). Small fir seedlings can be seen but larger ones are absent. Also bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus, with small leaves) and wood sorrel (centre with three leaflets)