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[–] menemen 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Racist grampa tree has a point, though. Monocultural conifer tree forests are oftentimes a bad idea. We have a lot of problems with our (artificially created) monocultural conifer forests here in German lately. Basically they are just dying of large scale, due do pests. It really is heartbreaking to see hectars of dead trees. Multiculturalism is just the better way and leads to stronger societies, ehm, forests.

[–] fluxion 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Already too many cultures there for grandpa's taste

[–] samus12345 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Grandpa needs to lay off the Tree Fox News.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Flying Fox News

[–] Neon 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not necessarily stronger, but definitely more resilient

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Dying of beetles isn't very strong

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They've got it backwards. Forests start as mostly pine until the larger oaks move in and block out the sun.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 18 points 1 year ago

Oaks gentrifying the forest

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

True, but the planting of spruce and pine trees in areas that were deforested has created these huge monoculture “forests” that struggle to get the deciduous trees.

This is a fun comic because it tells two stories.

The old oak may have remembered the forest as it was and begrudge the evergreen new growth …. But that is a sign it’s regrowing.

Alternately … yeah, the monoculture replanting for forests is not great for the environment and helps to spread diseases.

Racist grandpa tree got a point but also … can’t see the forest for the trees.

[–] boeman 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Those darn maple rabblerousers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's really country specific, in the UK we only have one pine and it's not that common. We have a huge issue currently because after the wars they replanted a lot of land with pine as it was fast growing and we needed wood, but now they've outcompeted the native trees so there's a big program to get rid of the pine and plant native trees, but it needs to be done really slowly or the whole forest is messed up.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think grampa has a tree identification problem. It looks like a spruce forrest or something, definitely not pines.

[–] bitwaba 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grandpa: Japanese spruce, Chinese pine. They all look the same to me.

[–] samus12345 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To grandpa all evergreens look like pines

He's a bit... stuck in a rut

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Some would say he's a product of his time (thyme?)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] NerdyPopRocks 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pines really bust up the forest floor. I see you grandpa

[–] Rooty 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gymnospermae are older than duodecuos trees, granpa. They were here first.

[–] Venat0r 1 points 1 year ago

Depends what type of pine and where in the world it is...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coniferous forests are weak an be ruin diversity no no I don't care who hears it I said it oh I thought this was America

[–] blahsay 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah they are actually terrible. Nothing else survives really. No birds, no animals. They're eerily quiet.