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Woods, Waters, and Wildlife TREES By Jeff Beach
the fall and is a pronounced sight
ity. While maybe not thriving they
woods walk?
God has created our natural Oh the wonder of trees. We
eliciting calls asking if my trees are
hang on in survival mode clinging
with hope for Spring to arrive and
have deciduous trees like maples
dying. You will see ridge lines and
realm for our enjoyment and recre- set them free from the frozen grasp
oaks and birches that break bud in
slopes full of pine trees with a yel-
ational adventures. He loves to see the spring and put on a new coat
low brown cast in the forest canopy
us have joy. In the book of Gene- of Winter. Many of them well over
of leaves. Soaking up the sunlight
one hundred years old and 2-3
in late September.
sis Chap 1 God created the trees feet tall. There is a German term,
and using photosynthesis to gener-
Trees are so resourceful pro-
on the third day along with other seed-bearing plants and vegeta- ate energy and produce food in the
viding foods, lumber, fuel, shelter,
krummholz, used to describe them
form of carbohydrates that will be
meaning ‘crooked wood’. Our
wood products and so much more
tion. And there were two import- temperate forest trees are a won-
used to add another year of growth
along with a joy that they bring
ant trees in the Garden of Eden. to the tree. Then transforming
in our woodland adventures. In
The tree of life and the tree of der to walk through as we go about
into brilliant color displays in the
our adventures in the woods. The
the Winter months Hemlock and
knowledge of good and evil. And temperatures are much cooler and
fall before shedding the leaves
Spruce-Fir stands create deer yards
His first two creations, Adam and before winters wrath. The Sugar
a shelter for deer to gather together
Eve, disobeyed His one command. the scents of the sphagnum and
Maple is one of the most brilliant
haircap moss, the fragrance of the
with less snow pack for them to
Resulting in a separation from God evergreen saplings and understory
with showy flame orange, pumpkin
move about in. Family genealogies
and this set loose centuries of man and tangerine colors that outper-
use the tree to show how the family
trying to get back to a Holy God. shrubs and the moist earth of the
form the foliage artistry of other
wetlands are a delight to the senses
branches from matriarchs and pa-
All the while Gods plan was to inviting us deeper into the for-
trees. This may be debatable in the
triarchs through generations of the
have Jesus come to Earth and bring leaf peeper crowd. The evergreen
growing family.
us back to a right relationship with est. Frequently stumbling onto a
trees of Pine Hemlock and Spruce
Striped Maple, more commonly
Our NH trees can handle many
the Father. He gives us that peace referred to as Goosefoot Maple,
of our varied topography and eco-
that passes all understanding. Oh, hold their needles throughout the
year. Every two or three years, de-
systems. Red Maple, Alder and
the wonder of God! How import- that line the trails. With larger than
pending on the species, they will
average leaves to capture as much
Basswood can tolerate wet feet in
ant are our trees.
sunlight as possible in the shaded
shed the older needles that have
our wetlands and swamp borders.
The life of the tree starts with done their work and make room
The White Spruce and Hemlock in
moist understory it represents the
a small seed. I want to start at for the new growth to take action.
the beginning with a little acorn. the upper elevations of the alpine
wildness of what our master de-
Aseedintheformofanutthat signer and creator has put in our
The White Pine needle drop of
zone will tolerate the harsh condi-
path to elicit a joy that we find in
two-year-old needles happens in
tions of mountain weather volatil-
a mature Oak tree produces and drops in the fall. This little nut these woods. What is your favorite
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has all of the genetic information of life to bring that sapling out of the nut shell and grow through drought, flood, gypsy moth attack and competition to gain a status of a giant Oak of the forest at well over two hundred years old. The age of trees is referred to in decades not single years. I think twice maybe three times before I cut a tree as it will be decades to replace its robust stature amongst the woodland companions where I found it. When the tree is cut we can get an age of the tree by count- ing the rings on the tree stump. As we count back in time we think of what this tree saw 30, 60, 100, 200 yrs ago. When New Hampshires forests were fields raising sheep. We see good growing years with wider rings and difficult stress years of tiny growth rings that we need magnifiers to see. Oh the wonder of trees. I hope you get out and enjoy our forests, woodlands and wetlands and give these trees and our creator kudos for the joy they bring to our lives.
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