{"id":8647,"date":"2024-04-22T18:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?page_id=8647"},"modified":"2024-04-28T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T10:09:44","slug":"e-pit-mound-topography-occurs-in-older-less-harvested-stands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/recreation\/forest-walk-notes\/e-pit-mound-topography-occurs-in-older-less-harvested-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"E: Pit & Mound topography occurs in older, less harvested stands"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Mounds are formed<\/strong> by blowdown of Big Trees<\/em>
\n– Age<\/strong> = Oldest Tree on mounds +10-15 years<\/em>
\n– Pits and Mounds with similar orientation<\/strong> at Sandy Lake—>Hurricanes<\/em>
\nhitting from SE; Sites 1,2,3 likely in 1869 (Saxby Gale, 155 yrs ago) or 1873<\/em>
\n(The Nova Scotia Storm, 151 yrs ago); Peninsula a storm 60-70 years<\/em>
\nearlier.<\/em>
\n– Ecological Significance<\/strong> – vernal pools in pits; mounds are preferred seedbeds; sites of the Wabanaki Forest Love Affair (Yellow Birch & Hemlock); microbiota continuity.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pit-and-mound topography<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn Wikipedia<\/p>\n

Wabanaki Forest Love Affair<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe physical intimacy of yellow birch and hemlock often observed in old Wabanaki forest is more than a coincidence<\/p>\n

Pit & Mound Topography<\/a><\/strong>
\nPage on this website provides descriptive data on the pit and mound topography at Sandy Lake and Environs<\/p>\n

View the Mature\/OG Forest<\/a><\/strong> page for a discussion of their significance to the forest ecology of Sandy Lake and Environs.<\/p>\n

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Pit and Mound topography at Sandy Lake<\/strong>.\u00a0 Growing evidence suggests Pit & Mound Topography is a consistent feature of Old Growth in Nova Scotia.
Click on image for larger version<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Mounds are formed by blowdown of Big Trees – Age = Oldest Tree on mounds +10-15 years – Pits and Mounds with similar orientation at Sandy Lake—>Hurricanes hitting from SE; Sites 1,2,3 likely in 1869 (Saxby Gale, 155 yrs … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8563,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8706,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8647\/revisions\/8706"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}