Excellent article- Beech trees add so much to an otherwise barren winter forest scape. We have only a few in our woods and would like to encourage more. Did not know they spread by their roots. I’ve read that there were extensive forests of them before deforestation occurred.
I love all the research you put into these! Now i will look up the article about the birch/deer connection. Very cool! I love all the links you put in. I didn't know about the 2019 freeze knocking back some hemlock wooly adelgids. yay! Here in FL I'm dealing with an invasive tree frog...before the frost I picked up as much cover as I could (I hated doing this because I love to leave winter cover for the natives, but). so I'm hoping it knocked a few out. But, like you say, those that survive, might thrive!! ugh. Cuban tree frogs. I love frogs but these guys I do not love. They compete with the native tree frogs, and eat the native lizards.
I was recently doing lots of pondering about wildlife survival here in Wisconsin when the temp was minus 15 F but with windchill minus 37 F
Excellent article- Beech trees add so much to an otherwise barren winter forest scape. We have only a few in our woods and would like to encourage more. Did not know they spread by their roots. I’ve read that there were extensive forests of them before deforestation occurred.
I love all the research you put into these! Now i will look up the article about the birch/deer connection. Very cool! I love all the links you put in. I didn't know about the 2019 freeze knocking back some hemlock wooly adelgids. yay! Here in FL I'm dealing with an invasive tree frog...before the frost I picked up as much cover as I could (I hated doing this because I love to leave winter cover for the natives, but). so I'm hoping it knocked a few out. But, like you say, those that survive, might thrive!! ugh. Cuban tree frogs. I love frogs but these guys I do not love. They compete with the native tree frogs, and eat the native lizards.
I loved the alligators in ice. That's so fascinating. On the subject of cold, New Zealand has the world's largest insect capable of being frozen solid. https://www.latitudemagazine.co.nz/frozen-in-time-new-zealand-mountain-stone-weta