The tangled canopies and humus-rich soils of a mature forest provide homes to thousands Forever Young: Eastern forests are not growing older. Cleared for
When I began to learn more about forests and trees, I wondered: how it is that an old forest has not only bigger and taller trees, but different
In the Discovery Islands mature forests on productive sites develop old forest characteristics by Young and mature forests are not mapped in the DIEM project.
Young forest can be an old field coming up in saplings, a shrubby wetland, or new trees springing up after logging. Many wild animals need young forest habitat.