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      <image:title>005. The Quiet Work of Wetlands</image:title>
      <image:caption>Morning light over a freshwater marsh with reeds and calm water, illustrating a healthy wetland ecosystem.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>004. The Forest Floor: Where Nothing Is Wasted</image:title>
      <image:caption>A moss-covered forest floor with fallen leaves, fungi, and decaying wood supporting woodland biodiversity.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>003. Where Forests Gather Water From the Sky</image:title>
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      <image:title>002. Why Biodiversity Is About Relationships, Not Numbers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Multiple layers of vegetation in an old-growth forest illustrate biodiversity within a healthy natural habitat.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>001. What Is a Habitat? Understanding the Places That Make Life Possible</image:title>
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      <image:title>Coastal Dunes: A Landscape That Survives by Moving</image:title>
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    <loc>https://perchvale.co/blogs/perch-vale-journal/where-land-and-water-refuse-a-fixed-boundary</loc>
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      <image:title>Reed Marsh: Where Land and Water Refuse a Fixed Boundary</image:title>
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    <loc>https://perchvale.co/blogs/perch-vale-journal/the-forest-floor-is-not-an-ending</loc>
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      <image:title>Shadow Grove: The Forest Floor Is Not an Ending</image:title>
      <image:caption>A quiet woodland beneath a dense tree canopy, where filtered light, moss and fallen timber support diverse forest life.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Meadow Plain: The Life Beneath Open Ground</image:title>
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      <image:title>Cloud Forest: A Forest Made Visible by Mist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sunlight filtering through the layered canopy of a tropical rainforest, home to extraordinary biodiversity and interconnected forest life.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Tropical Canopy: Life Where the Forest Meets the Atmosphere</image:title>
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