This illustrious forest with its impressively natural, in-scale ground cover is from Bonsai Today issue 23.* Among other things this planting shows how one very strong tree can add drama and power to a forest planting. Though the original doesn't say, I'll guess that the trees are Ezo spruce.

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This Japanese beech forest on a slab originally appeared in Bonsai Today issue 4. The photos below show how the slab was prepared for planting.

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Not exactly a forest bonsai, but still, three distinct trees. These robust Shimpaku junipers on a this impressive rock are from the Omiya Bonsai Museum via Empire Bonsai.

*The Bonsai Today photos in this post are courtesy of Kinbon and Bonsai Focus magazine