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  1. Dead #trees are not wasted timber dollars - they are sources of food for literally thousands of beings in a #forest #ecosystem, from tiny microscopic beings to insectivorous birds. Standing dead trees are known as snags, while a fallen dead trees are nurse logs. A cut or natural stump can serve the same #ecological function as a #NurseStump.

    Nature wastes nothing. If there is a nutrient source to be had, there is a being to benefit from it. Nurse logs, standing snags & nurse stumps play hosts to all sorts of mosses, lichens, fungi, insects & arthropods, many hidden deep inside, as well as other living beings that prey on them.

    Nurse #stumps are still deeply rooted; new plant, tree & fungi life grows out of their tops. Nurse stumps & dead stumps that have no new growth atop are like anchor systems for living trees growing in forests. You destabilize the ecosystem when you remove them from their natural #environment.

    #NaturalistNotes #Educational #VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #mosstodon #Wsanec #CommunityForest #ForestStewardship #ForestProtection #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJ #ProtectTrees #SaveForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCForestryReform #Degrowth

  2. @Cheeseness let's create more of those #habitats --> "#Skinks enjoy large areas with a lot of leaves and soft soil. They are normally found around hot and dusty areas that have many #trees and #stumps."

  3. So, knocking over some old Aspen stumps to make way for the goats' electric fence, I accidentally stumbled upon a wasp nest.

    Note to self (and potentially others): If you ever plan on knocking over old stumps, check for any activity first. It hurts getting stung.

    Also, the way they started swarming I thought it must surely be a honeybee hive. But alas, it was not.

    #inthewoods #insects #wasps #ouch #stumps

  4. I was really depressed seeing countless #OldGrowth #tree #stumps all over North #VancouverIsland . Like an endless graveyard of ancient forests. Hurt my #nature loving heart a lot. These are 2 of too many OG stumps scattered all over #vanisle North. They're clearcutting more of the last OGs on North Island as I type. These are #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #ecocide crimes by #BCNDP #NewDeathParty & enablers.

    #PNW #SuperEcocideBC #ecology #Disgraceful #CorporateGreed #FoolishHumans #IHateThis

  5. Good #evening everyone 🌙

    Todays #fungifind 🍄

    Deer Shield / Mushroom! (Pluteus cervinus)

    The Deer Shield is a #wood-rotting fungus that occurs mainly on hardwood #stumps. This fungus can appear at any time from late #spring through to late #autumn.

    Although its caps are usually fawn or light brown, like the coat of a young #deer (referred to as a 'fawn' regardless of its colour!), some authorities say that the common name comes not from the #brown colour of the #cap but from antler-like horn-shaped protrusions on apex of the gill-face #cystidia (known as pleurocystidia) that can be seen under a #microscope!

    #fungioftheday #deershield #wood #gills #horns #deermushroom #toadstool #fungi #mushroom #nature #deadwood #mastodonmushrooms #mastodon #mastoart #mycodon #bracket #mosstodon #mycology #fungiverse #fungus #mushroomsofmastodon #nature
    #fungifacts #mushrooms #plants #fungikingdom #mastodonmushroom