Leaving It Messy: Using Tip-up Mounds to Promote Tree Species Diversity

Abstract

When a tree falls in the woods, should it be removed? In managed forests, common practices call for cleaning up and removing timber following a blowdown. But when Northern Research Station research forester Christel Kern sees the root mass of a fallen tree, she's more likely to see it as an opportunity. Her work is described in a 2019 Forest Ecology and Management article entitled Mounds Facilitate Regeneration of Light-Seeded and Browse-Sensitive Tree Species After Moderate-Severity Wind Disturbance.

Citation

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2021. Leaving It Messy: Using Tip-up Mounds to Promote Tree Species Diversity. Rooted in Research. Issue 5, April 2021. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2p.