More About Blowdowns
Trees can fall from many causes. A tree can simply die of disease, infestation, and old age. These standing dead trees slowly fall apart limb by limb. The Zombie Tree and Old Major information stops are examples of these process. A storm may hasten their demise, but a limb snapping off a doomed tree doesn’t reveal the date or other circumstances involving the event. A true blowdown occurs when a tree is uprooted by the forceful winds of a storm. We can often pinpoint when studying the direction and age of the fall, as noted in the Pillow and Cradle information stop. Different parts of the forest are vulnerable to different storm types based on the aspect of the surrounding landscape.
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