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To: marcos who wrote (4817)7/4/2003 4:56:18 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8273
 
So why do no trees ever re-grow on south facing sunlit slopes? Is it because deer/goats/elk graze on these slopes?

You see all kinds of northfacing slopes regrowing that were clearcut, but few southers.

Shade tolerance of species

Tolerant Medium Intolerant

Sugar Maple Red Maple Trembling Aspen

Western Red
Cedar Eastern White Pine Douglas Fir

American Beech Yellow Birch White Birch

Red Spruce Black Spruce Lodgepole Pine

Balsam Fir White Spruce Jack Pine

Eastern/Western
Hemlock Engelmann Spruce Western/Eastern Larch

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