Comment on succession

JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Order a bunch of plants that are native to your region, plant the medium and shade loving varieties under the trees, see what sticks

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  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I tried that but the groundhogs and rabbits ate the native plants down to their stems

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Get a dog, mine live chasing off groundhogs and the like.

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      • harmsy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Dogs also typically love to trample the whole yard until it’s nothing but clay and dandelions.

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    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Try again but with groundhog and rabbit stew.

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• Halo@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have 20 or so acres of woods behind me. Oak, 2 types of hickory, American beech, and black cherry.

  It’s just dirt. These trees have thick ass canopies

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  • JollyBrancher@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Forreal. Packed dirt later looks like… “Dirt.” Then heavily compactes leaves and sticks. Then leaves. But it’s mostly leaves all the way down. Nothing like trodding atop centuries of pressed organic leaves.

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    • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A forest floor shouldn’t be heavily compacted, that would also lead to the leaves breaking down instead of just laying there.

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• Mordred_85@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Given time enough sand and leaves and other organic matter deposits in the soil, decomposed by long numbers of life cycles together with dirt and moisture becomes soil, but you cannot plant everywhere trees. Imagine plant an oak in the Sahara, no chance it’ll make it after 3 hours at noon. That’s what succession suggests!

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At some point, it you’re assuming a single infographic is intended to be followed to the letter in every area across the planet, then that misunderstanding is your fault

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    • Mordred_85@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind, thanks again for your time and effort of this comment, it should have been hard to elaborate this concept.

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