Wednesday, December 28, 2016
A Visit to the Upper Luther Burbank Forest - December 27th 2016
video
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):
video
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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