Birch trees, while beautiful, are very short lived (as trees go...) Not for the lovely silver birch the life span of the mighty Oak, which grows for 300 years, lives happily mature for 300 years, and then spends the final 300 in slow decay (much like myself??? ) On the plus side, you can harvst bark from these fallen birch, completely guilt free, and they provide wonderful habitat for the growth of artist's fungus, too.
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Maybe the white birch is just more visible and noticeable on the forest floor-the other fallen limbs blend in and visually disappear?
Maybe they have shallower roots?
Birch trees, while beautiful, are very short lived (as trees go...) Not for the lovely silver birch the life span of the mighty Oak, which grows for 300 years, lives happily mature for 300 years, and then spends the final 300 in slow decay (much like myself??? )
On the plus side, you can harvst bark from these fallen birch, completely guilt free, and they provide wonderful habitat for the growth of artist's fungus, too.
They do seem to fall often - not your imagination at all! Perhaps they are not long-lived trees.
Excellent posits, all. Nancy, you nutbar! I love you!!! I feel you are an old soul.
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