Ponderosa's/barkbeetle/drought/

[SouthSoundTree-]

What are other common species in your neck of the woods, Stig?

 

[stig]

Beech Betula pubescence, Alder Alnus glutinosa Field maple Acer campestre Cherry Prunus avium

That is it as far as hardwoods go. There are some poplar and willow types as well.

Only native softwood is Scots pine Pinus sylvestris but that was wiped out in the 16 century.

All others are introduced.

 

[ksTreehuggerCo]

Looks like the Rockies for the last two decades. Here we have had not only the same issues but lots of dwarf mistletoe stressing the Pondos. Really not a whole lot you can do on a grand scale other than harvest the timber once its dead. Timber outfits tend to leave the hard to get trees on the steep slopes. That is a fire fighters worst nightmare.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I see we lift logs the same way!

 

[flushcut]

Strong like bull!

 

[stig]

And damned near as smart.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Posting smilies after making disparaging remarks don't always make them 'funny.'

 

[stig]

T'wasn't meant to be disparaging, it was just the tail end of a sentense from a book that came to mind.

"Healthy as a horse and damned near as smart".

 

[ksTreehuggerCo]

Is that like being the north end of a south bound horse????