When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? We don’t know! But it sure does make a lovely habitat for a plethora of little creatures and plants. Today we examine nurse logs from the persective of one of the best, the Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), a species that excels at the practice. Then we weigh the odds with The Cone Scale.
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The Cult of St. Francis (Judas Tree)
Why-Would-You-Live-There-ness (Madrone)
Heavy Heaven & The Infamous Air (London Planetree)
Wrongfully Scorned, Rightfully Wronged (Black Cottonwood)
Dagger of the Desert (Joshua Tree)
There Be Monocots (Socotra Dragon Blood Tree)
"Tree" (Chinese Windmill Palm)
Trees Are The Champions, My Friends (Tuliptree)
Drupe Fruit Riot (Peach)
Please Send Us Pawpaws! (Pawpaw)
Take a Twenty, Leave a Penny (Dogwood)
The Mothrix (White Mulberry)
A Tragic Beauty (Southern Live Oak)
BONUS EPISODE - Arbortrary Shorts (feat. Lizzie Falconer & Jen Thomas from Shorts.)
The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Three: Specimen Tree of Gondor (Stewartia)
The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part Two: Białowieża (Norway Spruce)
The Lord of the Tree Rings, Part One: Concerning Tree Care (Pedunculate Oak)
You Can Grow Your Own Way (Southern Catalpa)
Umwelt (Italian Cypress)
It's Complicated (Paper Birch)
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