• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 days ago

    “Dead” is relative.
    It probably is teeming with all sorts of life.
    Leaving deadwood in place creates diverse and heavily populated ecological islands.

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    10 days ago

    Dead tree = healthy forest

    A nearby forest that was shown to me in covid lockdown has a nice clearing at the lowest section with a few tree logs to sit on. Yesterday I noticed mushrooms there for the first or second time i can remember, which i credit to all the dead wood that’s left alone there.

    It feels like such a healthy place; on one side is allotments, on the other side is a huge meadow. To the top and bottom it’s bounded by forested roads, but on the other side of them is more greenspace. I should really learn thoroughly how forest ecology works, but I get the feeling that it’s healthier as a result of more green on all sides.