Kaveman
Treehouser
Yeah, gonna need my hip boots for this... damn place was a desert then too. There weren't no lush forest phase after the glaciers, it was always arid, since the primordial seas rolled back.
You mean in Holbrook, 30 miles north of me? Been there. Did you know that the predominant species petrified is Sequoiadenderon Gigantium? (i think i spelled that right, phukin @stig making me work at it, I feel like I'm missing an "h")Go visit the Petrified forest in AZ to reference what become of a forest with or with out our help over time. Then the next mountains are formed and nature finds a way.
For example the old oak forests near me that have been killed off due to oak wilt are being replaced by maple trees. The maples will be a fine stand one day if left alone, tall and straight.@Mick, that's a false stand dynamics concept, though a common one. There is no such thing as a climax species holding land for ever. Even really long-lived tree species age out, become decadent and lose primacy. When they begin to fail, those "pioneer" species will populate the openings as they develop. And the progression begins anew.
And that leaves aside the frequent disruptions to portions of those climax stands caused by flood, landslide, fire, insects and disease, volcanic eruption, earthquake, etc.
No forest becomes unchanging, static in its composition of species. No perpetuity exists.
Well, there is this one.@Burnham
If there isn't a cone picking thread, would you do us a favor and spin a tale in a new thread?
Yeah, over here on the east coast in NH, we call the natural regen a "Pioneer Species" and never replant. 90 percent of NH is forested (I think).I like using, pioneer growth.