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Natural Forest Succession

High Meadow Succession over 13 years
A. Liza on the high meadow crest road in September 1988. Up to this time, goats grazed the high meadow, a wide open grassy field.

B. John on the high road in April 1999. No goat grazing over the past 10 years. Young fir trees up to 20 feet high and many bushes have grown up alongside the road and in the meadow.

C. Robert and Nesta on the high road in January 2001. The firs along the road have been thinned and limbed up. New firs have been planted in the spaces to complete the promenade.


Forest Succession in Pig Meadow
Just to the side of the high road is pig meadow. It was the most recent clear cut area and was not replanted. Thirteen years ago this distressed land had ugly stumps, ferns, grass and new seedlings just begining to grow. Today, the natural forest succession shows many firs and alders have grown up into young trees, towering above the large bushes, ferns and tall grasses.

Forest Succession in Pig Meadow
 
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