Nurse log
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a larger and decomposing fallen log which acts as a germination substrate fortree species establishing in the understorey. Such logs provide moisture, nutrients andoften some degree of elevation above other potentially competing vegetation on the forestfloor. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
BLM - Environmental Education - Green Mansions Initially, the roots of these young trees hug the nurse log, so when the ... indicates grown-up seedlings that got their start on the same nurse log.
BLM - Environmental Education - Green Mansions Farther back in the clearing is a fallen tree acting as a nurse log to a western hemlock sapling. A vine maple, its leaves yellow in fall color,
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge ...(If you don't mind sticking your hand in these holes, you can often pull out some old rotten wood from the nurse log, even after several hundred years
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Strong winds of the season are blowing down dead trees, making new nurse log material for future seedlings, as well as dousing our lights.
Olympic National Park, Washington Nurse log in Hoh Rain Forest. Multiple trees grow from the remains of an older fallen tree. Fallen trees, called nurse logs, provide nutrients and shelter
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