The Ranzin Forest

Ranzin Forest
This is one of the largest forests on the planet mostly a tropical rain forest with huge trees and much life.
Common wildlife found in wilderness includes elk, black-tailed deer, black bear, mountain lion, marmot, and mountain goat. High mountains make northern species able to survive. At the present, many plants form the temperate rainforest and the forests have a high rate of biodiversity. About 10,000 species, including many chimera like owlbears, Weaselpig, Tiger Squirrel and Zebra Squirrel and many others.
Flora
Common vegetation in wilderness includes old-growth hemlock, red cedar, and broad fir in the lower elevations. Higher elevations display various species of firs, pines, and dwarf juniper. Red spruce and Fraser fir are dominant canopy trees in high mountain areas. In higher elevation , Fraser fir is dominant, in middle elevation ( red spruce and Fraser fir grow together, and in lower elevation red spruce is dominant. Yellow birch, mountain ash, and mountain maple grow in the understory. Younger spruce and fir and shrubs like Shocker Vines, Gnarledthorn, blackberry, hobblebush, southern mountain cranberries, red elderberry, minniebush, bush honeysuckle are understory vegetation. Below the spruce-fir forest, are forests of Ferrum beech, yellow birch, maple, birch, and oak. Skunk cabbage and ground juniper are northern species that remained in this region after the glacier retreated. Gnarledthorn is known to be hardy enough to grow wild at any elevation but is most commonly cultivated by goblins at the lower elevations. The wet environment supports the high diversity of fungi. Over 2000 species live in this area and scholars estimate many unidentified fungi may be there. This includes Mage Hat Mushroom, Ranzin Red Cap, Gold Cap Mushroom, Mystic Mushrooms and Fire Banded Groulet (commonly known as groulet of the forest).
Fauna
More than 30 species of salamanders are found in the rainforest and some of them are endemic, such as Black Mountain salamander, southern dusky salamander, Jordan’s salamander, and Cheat Mountain salamander. Rotten trees and moist leaves on ground provide a good, wet environment for amphibians, including salamanders. Many species of salamanders in this area do not have lungs, so they breathe through their skin and the wet environment is conducive for their survival. Two species of turtles are endemic as well: flatted muck turtle and Inkwell map turtle.
As mammals, the most familiar is likely the Ferrum black bear. Other common mammals are white-tailed deer and groundhog. Northern species like northern flying squirrel and red squirrel survive in the area because of the cool climate. Owlbears, Owlcats, whaleon, ring-tailed coati, tiger squirrels and other chimera thrive here as well. River otters are known to thrive in the water ways here as well and often cohabitate with flat tailed koabers and beavers.