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06-08-2011, 12:46 PM
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Old mossy trees are vital parts of forests
Bacteria on old-growth trees may help forests grow
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 Talk about "everything is connected" - The old trees can do things that young ones cannot, they contribute to a series of connections that lead to an improved growth of the overall forest. And of course this means (captain obvious): Old growth forests are working very differently from "tree farms" (a.k.a. managed forests). Amolst none of the old growth forests are left in the US and Central Europe - most forest that can be seen there are tree farms, designed to grow fast, be cut within decades to provide a "sustainable" source of wood for pulp and paper, energy (e.g. biofuel, wood chip heaters) or construction.
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06-08-2011, 01:03 PM
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Wow that is an eye opener.
 Reminds me a little of the algae on the underwater surfaces of cliffs and rocks. It's a micro environment for little shellfish and molluscs.
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06-22-2011, 10:21 AM
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More on why old trees have to stay:
Old, large, living trees must be left standing to protect nesting animals, study shows
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06-22-2011, 03:02 PM
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God I really want to climb the tree in that first picture. It looks absolutely perfect for one to just run right up.
I can attest to old trees being great animal homes. There are at least four 100+ year old oaks around my house. The amount of animals nests/burrows in them are absolutely amazing.
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06-22-2011, 04:54 PM
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Huh, the Cyanobacteria thing is really interesting.
I'd also like to point out that while there aren't a huge quantity of old growth forests left in the US, the state/national park system has an iron fist around the ones there are, and some of them are quite large.
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06-23-2011, 08:06 AM
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It makes sense, nothing evolves to survive on its own in an ecosystem.
Far too many 'forests' are nothing but identical, small trees 
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06-24-2011, 04:24 AM
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 If I could go back in time for any one reason, it might be to see some old forests from thousands of years ago.
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