Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Differences in Tree Growth
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emptynest56 |
LLC has always been a favorite for me for the whites and reds. I read that Bud Heinselman, the late U of M Forestry researcher, was also captivated by the area. Certain birds, particularly some species of warblers depend on this old growth to nest. Sad that according to The White Pine Society, only 2% of acreage of original coverage of white pine in MN, is left. |
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missmolly |
As far as regeneration following a fire, it's a thickety mess, a WWE cageless brawl with chemical folding chairs being swung upside heads and more shadowed losers than sunlighted winners. In short, it's not pretty. I was walking a portage trail once with another outdoor writer and the land had been logged about 25 years prior. It was so thick with tussling life that I said, "Go in there and you die." He agreed. BTW, "trees" in the title is my flare. For some, it's "bears." For other, it's "mines." For me, it's "trees." |
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Fizics |
quote emptynest56: "LLC has always been a favorite for me for the whites and reds. I read that Bud Heinselman, the late U of M Forestry researcher, was also captivated by the area. Certain birds, particularly some species of warblers depend on this old growth to nest. Sad that according to The White Pine Society, only 2% of acreage of original coverage of white pine in MN, is left." It's really interesting you say that about the birds. My last 2 trips have been on out of EP 16 and and EP 14 accordingly, and there were a TON of birds. Seemed like every campsite had it's own barred owl, even heard a whippoorwill on one sight. I may have hyped the birds up a bit to my friends cause we didn't hear/see squat on SAK aside from a lonely Seagull visitor and a Bald eagle passing overhead. I think we were just unlucky. What other areas would you say are like LLC with respect to the older trees? |
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Fizics |
On the other end (literally I guess) there's Lac La Croix, it was very impressive how many old trees there were. It seemed like every campsite was well covered by towering trees that didn't have many low branches anymore which was always great for tarps, and pine needle'y covered campsites. I'm really curious, what have been your observations? |