‘Tree of life’ keeps forests alive for thousands of years, scientists discover

Study Finds ^ | 3 Feb 2022 | Chris Melore

[DUMBGRUNT]

A rare breed of ancient trees appears to be the key to life for forests all over the world. Researchers at The Morton Arboretum say in many forests which date back centuries, there are a small number of trees which provide genetic and evolutionary benefits to the rest of the environment. Moreover, this “tree of life” is usually 10 to 20 times older than the average plant species dwelling in that forest!

Study authors found that these ancient trees don’t follow a natural (and predictable) life cycle like other plants, trees, and even humans. They also only make up fewer than one percent of the trees in the environment.

Moreover, the team notes that once these trees are gone, they’re gone. Their environmental models show that it’s becoming increasingly hard for trees to reach the impressive ages of existing ancient trees. Simply put, there may be no way to replace an ancient tree that takes care of a forest once they die.

[gnarledmaw]

Sorry.

H.R. Pufnstuf

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” I make a damned good mulberry jam “

A friend’s mother who was very German was one of the few that had an interest in the mulberries.

We would lay out plastic tarps and shake the tree.

The more mulberries, the more and different things she made.

Also loved by every critter in DuPage!
I put out critter cams and spotted coons, possums, rabbits, skunks, fox... but never any coyotes? Have seen them inside my neighbor’s fenced area?

Oddly this year very few critters of any kind?
The dogs and I make a run every night, we have seen an area fox a few times, some rabbits ... and we are into coyote mating season and still nothing?
That said, I have been watching new tracks that appear each morning cutting a few hundred feet across a neighbors lawn. not on the same track but in the same direction.
I’m not a wildlife tracker but these are obvious in the fresh snow each morning.

[DUMBGRUNT]

--"Clean shot, self defense. The car was obviously headed straight at him."

That was fun!

There was a flock of Trolls but they moved on last year.

More photos:

https://t.ly/sav2

[griffin]

Ah! Blast from the past.

[SunkenCiv]

Right, and their disappearance is a crisis, and is due to human activity. Gaslighting. Kiss my ass.

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