demay1@husc8.harvard.edu (Douglas Demay) (11/30/90)
Am takin a class in the Biology of Trees and Forests...spent today looking at slides of saprophytic fungus...just thinking how useless it is for major companies and government organizations to plant seedlings and plead reforestation when the important priority at hand here is the preservation of old-growth forests. Just a thought.
A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove) (12/03/90)
I am considering buying 300 acres of hilly land which is mostly gorse. I am interested in eventually planting a mixed woodland of natives and some exotics. When I ask locals how to get rid of the gorse, they say: 1--grub it out with tractors, but this will severely damage the hillside. 2--spray, but this will kill native seedlings (and I dont really want to do this anyway. 3--cut the gorse, but they will regrow. I had thought of interplanting with fast-growing trees to shade out the gorse, but then I would be left with dead gorse for 10 years. Eucalypts are fast growing, but would they kill the gorse. Pines are fast growing but they seem to inhibit the grass and lead to erosion. Any suggestions? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Chamove Massey University Psychology Palmerston North, New Zealand