High winds lift a forest’s floor in Scotland

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• gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I would not let that doggy that close. Seems like there are some strong forces at play. If the dog gets stuck under the forest floor when it goes down it might not end well

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  • darganon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, trees weigh a lot.

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  • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t get close or stand on it myself… I don’t feel like getting pinned by a fallen tree.

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• Dasnap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  bit windy today innit

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• ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Image

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• Nastybutler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Odd that those trees don’t have roots that go deeper

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  • Int_not_found@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That forest hasn’t been there long apparently. Most forests in Scotland are just monoculture tree farms.

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fir a pine are no deep rooters.

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    • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hence it is easy to grow on rocky terrain that never had a forest there.

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• noname_yet2077@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fakeass forest

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• arin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Those fairytales were real

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• comador@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Kilt lifter.

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• moody@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trees have a lot of surface area to catch the wind.

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Was in a wind storm last year where I watched from my basement apartment as the wind blew stronger than I’ve ever seen on the branches of the tree in the back yard. It looked like the wind was so strong it was ripping the sod off the ground at first, until I realized that the tree was going down and pulling its root ball with it. Luckily in the opposite direction, though I am curious how that would have turned out if it landed on the house instead of my internet wire.

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