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RE: Field Trip: Springfield Conservation Nature Center [10 photos of trails, trees, and fungi + commentary and additional resources]

in #photography8 years ago

Just a comment on dropped wood in natural forests. They become great homes for small animals, detritivores, fungi and necessary bacterial decay organisms. Over the course of months or years, it looks like litter, but over the course of decades, it's food for the forest biome.

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I like that -- Food for the forest. And my guess is the clearing was some invasive vegetation. It seems odd only because so much has changed from incoming invasive plants and the lack of fires. It will help out the native understory plants.