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Douglas Fir. Not a weed when over 100 years? Definitely a weed when 100s of seedlings sprout in my garden each spring?
by mlhpdx 3y ago
Douglas Fir. Not a weed when over 100 years? Definitely a weed when 100s of seedlings sprout in my garden each spring?
- Maciek416 3y agoTrue. I get the same volunteers (+ thuja + bigleaf + etc) and put quite a few of them into pots. Eventually though, doug fir reverts back to a sort of weed status later on, when the accumulated effects of human fire suppression causes doug fir to start crowding out other species and interferes with the typical succession pattern. Harder to notice in the PNW, but if you look at NorCal especially, there are areas that would typically be a more open woodland with (say) oak. Instead these are jam-packed with doug fir due to lack of fire. From the perspective of anyone (whether human, animal, or plant) who misses the pre-suppression woodland state that's normally regulated by regular "good" fire, doug fir is indeed a weed. There normally isn't _this_ much of it stretching all the way from Alaska to Mexico.
- CommieBobDole 3y agoSame with Tulip Poplar. It's a very nice tree, I don't need 500 of them in my landscaping every spring, thanks.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoLet's show some hate for the dreaded Box Elder Maple! Only tree I know that can outcompete grass.
- zwieback 3y agoOur state tree. And it's not even actually a fir, just pretends to be one.