Comments on: Confessions from a Former Coniferphile

By: Brief Broadleaf Forest Happenings: tulip goodness, delighted about Turkey, and drought – State of the Planet

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:10:10 +0000

[...] have to call myself out. Earlier I had professed to being a former coniferphile. That was, of course, silly. I like coniferous trees very much. Half of my business is made from [...]

By: Maybe not the Turkey you imagine – State of the Planet

Maybe not the Turkey you imagine – State of the Planet — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:10:43 +0000

[...] indicated 990 taxa and 432 genera. Importantly to our project, there are 946 angiosperm taxa (BROADLEAF!). As we learned on this trip, bees and bears are an important part of the culture here. UNESCO [...]

By: Neil Pederson

Neil Pederson — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:30:14 +0000

Hi Joan – thank you for your comments, especially on the longevity information. It is important to hear that from outside our field. I’m sorry to say that I have not read your book yet. I plan to soon!

By: Joan Maloof

Joan Maloof — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:08:48 +0000

Thanks for the nice article Neil. I look forward to reading more of your blogs. Have you had a chance to read my book, “Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests” ?
Your data on tree longevity is very important.

By: Arboreally Speaking, size, not age, matters. Or, why the good old growth curve is a delusion – State of the Planet

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:33:09 +0000

[...] This human perception is understandable. when you go into a true old-growth forest you will notice many dead trees on the forest floor. This is a classic characteristic of an old-growth forest – dead trees. You might notice several rotten trees, too, including living trees with cubicle butt rot. To the untrained eye, it might not look pretty. Even to the trained eye it might not look pretty, especially when compared to neatly managed plantations of straight and tall conifers. [...]

By: A colorful home for trees & one of its most colorful figures – State of the Planet

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:20:02 +0000

[...] Barbara McMartin thought that if you considered areas of the park that were lightly picked at by coniferphiles as old-growth forest, areas where only a handful of spruce, pine and fir were logged before [...]