An interesting and common example of these concepts in the Adirondacks is nurse logs. A nurse log is a fallen, decaying tree upon which other trees are ... However, logging removes the wood from the ...

When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power Kirsten Pendreigh, illus. by Elke Boschinger. Chronicle, $18.99 (44p) ISBN 978-1-79721-867-0 ...

A related concept is the nurse log, which is a fallen tree in a humid mountain or rain forest habitat. Retired botanist Ken McLeod says the decaying log “provides a damp substrate with high ...

Learn to enjoy natural art by seeing not just the forest but the trees. ... No. 3: What does a nurse tree do? Is it a particular species? I commend your powers of observation.

A reader asked the following questions about trees: (1) When hiking, I often see what appear to be several trees growing from a central trunk. What causes this? (2) At ...

I chunked it off a nurse log on the Old Growth Trail at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest east of Eugene, Ore. — nearly 16,000 acres of forest, 40% of it old growth.