I guarantee you that’s a tree farm. I’d gladly be proved wrong

The uniform height, spacing, and lush branches are a key clue. I wish I took pictures on my last trip so I could show you what I’m talking about, but I was traveling through a place undergoing logging. In the forest, like you’re thinking, the lower branches are dead because the crowns are crowding out the light. In the understory, lower light plants thrive, ones who can’t really take full sun all day

I say this to hopefully assuage your feelings about the picture. The tree did what it was meant to do, and in a spectacular way