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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They've got it backwards. Forests start as mostly pine until the larger oaks move in and block out the sun.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Oaks gentrifying the forest

[–] boeman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Those darn maple rabblerousers

[–] Devi@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

That's really country specific, in the UK we only have one pine and it's not that common. We have a huge issue currently because after the wars they replanted a lot of land with pine as it was fast growing and we needed wood, but now they've outcompeted the native trees so there's a big program to get rid of the pine and plant native trees, but it needs to be done really slowly or the whole forest is messed up.