Ep. 436 - Red Spruce Restoration

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Plants are habitat! This means that to restore ecosystems, we would be wise to start with plants. Such is the case for the spruce-fir forests of southern Appalachia, which are among the rarest habitat types on the continent. Join me and Kelly Holdbrooks of the Southern Highlands Reserve as we explore their collaborative efforts to get red spruce (Picea rubens) back on the landscape with the aim of restoring this important forest ecosystem. This episode was produced in part by Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defense of Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.1	In Defense of Plants.com.
0:05.1	What's up?
0:06.1	This is your host Matt.
0:07.1	Welcome to the show.
0:08.1	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.9	I'm doing great because we are talking about one of the coolest ecosystems in North America
0:14.4	and that is the spruce fur forests of high elevation areas of the Appalachian mountain
0:19.4	chain.
0:20.4	Joining us to talk about this is Kelly Holdbrooks from the Southern Highlands Reserve
0:24.2	and their efforts to restore Red Spruce are inspirational.
0:28.9	I'm going to let her detail why this tree is so cool and why the ecosystem it comprises
0:33.4	is so important and of course all of the amazing efforts going in to ensure it has a future
0:38.4	on our planet.
0:39.4	But I can't emphasize enough that restoration like this is not only necessary but it is
0:45.1	a group effort.
0:46.3	It can't be done in silos and the more we work together the better off nature will be.
0:52.1	Before I get to that I just want to say if you enjoy the In Defense of Plants podcast
0:55.3	consider supporting it because I literally couldn't be doing this without support.
0:58.9	There are a lot of great ways to do that but one of the best is to become a patron over
1:03.2	at patreon.com slash In Defense of Plants.
1:06.0	For a little financial support each month I'm talking less than a couple cups of coffee.
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