[NatureNS] Beech tree seedlings

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We have a lot of beech here on the North Mountain, and every fall there 
are hordes of beech nuts on the ground. Two springs ago (2014) we had 
hundreds of beech seedlings, many in the driveway, something I'd not 
seen in the previous eight years we'd lived here. I surmised that it 
takes exactly the right conditions to trigger germination and that it 
doesn't happen every year.

Cheers,
Doug

On 03-Apr-16 3:07 PM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi All
> This afternoon I went for a drive with the intention of
> going for a walk near some of my favorite fishing spots.
> The cold rain changed my plan but I drove a couple of roads
> that I hadn't driven before. Somewhere between Mahone Bay and New 
> Gerrnany.
> On one road I passed a wood lot. A big lot, maybe 100 ha as a guess, It
> had been harvested 15 - 20 years ago - again a guess - and was growing up
> in small hardwood. Mostly birch and popular about 3 - 4 m in height. 
> but all over
> the lot were small beech trees - about 1 m in height. Easy to pick out 
> as last years leaves were
> still attached.
> It was too cold and wet to investigate further but certainly an 
> interesting lot.
> Most be some special conditions to promote the beech regrowth.
> Enjoy the cold of the early spring.
> Paul

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