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yzdaskullmonkey t1_j4g179p wrote

Whole damn state was clearcut. The forest ain't what it used to look like. We still had loads of pines from the last ice age, and after they were stripped down, all we got back were deciduous, which I guess are more suitable for the climate. You find a 200 year old tree in Pennsylvania, you cherish it, they are few and far between.

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jetsetninjacat t1_j4g656x wrote

There's luckily a few areas left with Virgin forests that are now protected by the state.

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sintactacle t1_j4ggld1 wrote

Visiting Cook Forest in NW PA is an eye opener. Seeing these massive old growth white pines and hemlocks towering 150 feet tall is something else. I'm thankful for the forests we have now but seeing what it used to be is down right depressing. Our forests today would look alien to someone from the past before everything was clear cut.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j4gbwej wrote

There are quite a large number of 200-y.o. beech trees in PA. One in Elm, PA, that's 350+ y.o. Beech is not a good burning tree and it was not all that useful for furniture or construction.

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