[Terrapreta] CO2 rising

[Brian Hans]

Heehee, David comments that Im not specific enough and Lou comments that Im too specific 
   
  As so... the life of an ecologist in Gaia. The elephant and the blindmen come to mind...
   
  Brian
   
  

David Yarrow <dyarrow at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
          you're stuck in generalizations.  forests are not all one type.  there are dozens of forest types, with widely varying characteristics, species, ages, processes, etc.  
   
  growing on vertical cliffs and steep talus slopes in the niagara river gorge is a forest of 700-1000 year old white cedars and associated herbaceous, insect and other species with little organic detritus blanketing the rocks.  
   
  at the other end of NY in the hudson valley is a forest of 300-700 year old mixed hardwood & hemlock trees growing in a deep, inaccessible ravine with no soil, but many feet of organic humus with thick mats of moss, ferns, liverworts, lichen and other primitive plants.
   
  above that ravine, growing on bare, polished bedrock tables, is a forest of pitch pine and scrub oak -- 100-150 years old -- old for their species -- with a thin covering of understory, moss and soil.
   
  three ancient forests with extremely varied characteristics, including age, species, rooting structures, associated species, soil forming and carbon fixing features.
   
  David Yarrow
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