Comment on High winds lift a forest’s floor in Scotland
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Odd that those trees don’t have roots that go deeper
Comment on High winds lift a forest’s floor in Scotland
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Odd that those trees don’t have roots that go deeper
Int_not_found@feddit.de 8 months ago
Many conifers don’t root downwards, but sideways instead. That is one of the reasons why storms hit monoculture forests so hard. The root network is just to shallow to withstand strong winds.