Mid SUCCESSION (Red Alder)

Completely Arbortrary

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Weed tree? Or... the unsung hero of mid succession forests? The red alder (Alnus rubra) is our official representative from mid succession forests, and the lens through which we view this second phase, the early adulthood, of forest growth. There are no shortage of benefits this tree provides to its habitat, so does it deserve its bad reputation? On our way to late succession, we find shade intolerant plants dying away, making room for our first "real" trees. But the saplings of today are the successors of tomorrow...

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0:00.0	What's up, Fungal Associates? Welcome to completely arbitrary, the podcast
0:12.7	bad trees and other related topics. I am one of your hosts. My name is Alex
0:17.8	Croson and as always I am joined by Mr. K. C. Clap. Good day to you Alex and all of you
0:24.2	in the ether. Good morning, case. How's it going? It's going good. Can I talk about what
0:29.6	happened right before you go in here? You can. Well, I mean, honestly, the question is
0:33.4	really can you? Oh, well, let me explain to everyone why you might say that. You were
0:40.0	coming over, you were bringing us bagels. Yeah. And I was like, man, I'm really hungry.
0:46.1	I just need like a little handful of almonds. Okay. I have these Thai chili almonds from
0:54.2	Trader Joe's. When I got them, I thought Thai chili, okay, they probably have like some
0:58.6	sort of chili spice on them. Yeah, like a, like a kind of a rub or like a coating. Yes.
1:03.9	Exactly. I poured a few into my hand and I popped in my mouth. And as I was chewing them
1:09.5	and swallowing them, I realized I like, I wasn't in the moment when I was pouring them into
1:14.7	my hand. I realized that there was a full Thai chili. Oh, man. In my hand. And I was
1:22.5	like, Oh, I just ate that. And it immediately gave me, it wasn't spicy in my mouth. Yeah.
1:28.0	It immediately gave me horrendous heartburn and a headache. And a headache. I don't know
1:32.5	what's going on. I also think both of my knees are broken. It's true. Both of my knees
1:37.7	are broken. It was the chili. I tell you. No, the headache did happen the moment I started
1:43.2	feeling those symptoms. That's terrifying. Yeah. So I'm going to bad mood. Yeah. You
1:49.7	should have just lived with the bagel. Dang. Well, I hope you're going to be all right.
1:53.2	Today is a different story. A different story. Today's day two of our succession series is
2:01.7	we're brought in by the great themes of succession. Yeah. Casey today, we're talking about
2:08.0	the red alder. The red alder Alex. I know nothing about this tree, Casey. I'm so excited.
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