Beyond Old Growth">
Posted by Arielle.conti on November 18th, 2009
What image comes to mind when you hear the term “old growth”? To many it describes a forest that has grown for centuries without human disturbance and now is a stand of massive, towering trees with jumbles of large decaying tree trunks; deep shade pierced by shafts of sunlight; and dense patches of herbs, shrubs, and saplings that may conceal rare species.