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Sure, if the area is clear-cut and not replanted. It wouldn't be good for business if there weren't any more trees to log a few decades from now. Believe it o
by snerbles 9y ago
Sure, if the area is clear-cut and not replanted. It wouldn't be good for business if there weren't any more trees to log a few decades from now. Believe it or not, we do think long-term in the timber industry ;)
Controlled burns often accompany harvest operations to return nutrients to the soil.
> Plus some species require forest fires, like ponderosa pine whose pine cones will only open to release their seeds from the heat of a forest fire.
Not the Ponderosa Pine. You are probably thinking of the Lodgepole Pine and Knobcone Pine.
- soperj 9y agoWhy do you say not the Ponderosa?
- snerbles 9y agoI asked a forester. Admittedly this is not the best response for a pseudonymous internet forum. Further searching for links on serotinous (externally triggered) cones turn up sources that almost all refer to the Lodgepole Pine [0]. Also note that these trees have both serotinous and non-serotinous cones - they can still reproduce without the presence of fire, albeit at a lesser rate. That being said, the Ponderosa is fire-resistant, and will survive typical non-crowning fires. [0] https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/pinconl/all.html#REGENERATION%20PROCESSES https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/pinconl/all....