Conifers – a timber crop
By woodlandstv
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http://woodlands.co.uk Professor Julian Evans discusses conifers, looking at timber production, their advantages, and how to create diversity in woodlands.
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Over time the conifer will completely replace the broad leaf species if you plant them together. They reproduce. They create a marvelous canopy. Nothing grows under it but ferns and certain wood sorrel. Not a smart management plan over the long haul.
douglas fir is awesome and we should plant more of them everywhere
You are awesome for saying that!
Not strictly true. There are many beautiful mixed woodlands with intimate mosaics of broadleaves and confers with diverse ground layer vegetation. It all depends on careful management.
Many thanks to Woodlands TV for posting this video
H B
April 12, 2010