Stewart Robert Hinsley <{$news$}@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>, Way Back Jack
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> writes
>>I hear what you're saying about trees being cut down in the distant
>>past for ****ps but trees should have started again "naturally." The
>>travelogues do not show farming or livestock activity that would
>>prevent this from happening. Look e.g., at the British series, "Last
>>Of The Summer Wine" from York****re.
>
> I'm confused as to why you would take the fictional series "Last of
> the Summer Wine" as a guide. However the fields in the area it was
> filmed in are grazed by sheep.
>>
>>In 1972, I bought a (mid-Atlantic) cow pasture and let a 3-acre chunk
>>of it "go natural." It's a veritable forest today with some of the
>>faster-growing species 60-90 ft. tall, e.g.,tulip tree, black cherry,
>>black walnut, Norway maple, and red oak varieties. Eastern white
>>pines were separated and planted elsewhere and they too are 60-90'.
>>Even Bartlett pears started from seed are 40 ft.
>>
> In the British uplands grazing by sheep and deer prevents regeneration
> of forest. Where grazers have been excluded (e.g. Coire Ardair,
> Abernethy Forest) regeneration is occurring.
>
> In the lowlands the great majority of fertile land is used for
> agriculture.
>
> (Forest growth may well be slower in Britain; it's a lot further north
> than the mid-Atlantic states - remember it's at the latitude of
> Labrador.)
It may be the same latitude but it's certainly not the same climate.
West Coast Marine is typically very different from East Coast and for
Britain, the Gulf Stream makes a huge difference. Most of England is
prime tree-growing terrain. Scotland maybe not so much, but I know they
have tree plantations growing Douglas Fir (native to N.A. west coast).
While I'm no expert on the matter, I am fairly certain that it is human
activities (mostly agriculture) that keeps the forests back.
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