Wednesday, December 28, 2016

A Visit to the Upper Luther Burbank Forest - December 27th 2016

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At the invitation of Al Smith  - naturalist, conservationist and Mercer Island Parks volunteer, who worked for years at Seward Park, and now focuses on Upper Luther Burbank Park - I visited some sites of concentrated sword fern die-off identified by Al in this second-growth forest.   Some observations upon the most dramatic site (see video below):
  • About 1000 square feet in size
  • On a moderately steep west-facing slope
  • No trees, healthy ferns surrounding 
  • About 35 dead crowns
  • No mountain beaver are reported on Mercer Island



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