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No kidding. I was in the San Juans in SW Colorado this summer, and the forests are absolutely decimated. Actually much worse than "decimated," since decimatio
by username223 10y ago
No kidding. I was in the San Juans in SW Colorado this summer, and the forests are absolutely decimated. Actually much worse than "decimated," since decimation only killed one in ten. See 'em soon before they burn, or come back in 50 years when they're all covered in aspens.
- hyperbovine 10y agoOh nonono. Aspen trees are not going to fill that niche. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/aspen/decline.shtml http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/aspen/decline.shtml
- username223 10y agoI hadn't heard of that. I guess it's buckthorn, oak brush, and similarly evil stuff instead. Bring your machete...
- bdamm 10y agoUnlikely to be oaks as the Sudden Oak Death is spreading in California as well.