The Connecticut River valley looking north from the summit of Mount Holyoke in Hadley, Massachusetts 1900 and 2022BrokedownAlice69 t1_j6d2yi5 wrote
It’s insane how well all those trees around the river grew back in!! Those were natural to the area until they were forested right? Nice to a picture of nature recovering in todays world
Crazyhellga t1_j6dev9v wrote
Highly unlikely to be the same species. Reforestation, unless very specifically and actively managed, is “junk trees” first and it will take a few centuries to become and “old growth” forest. Still won’t be exactly the same as “before” - a different mix of animals is living there now and different environment surrounds it and there are all kinds of introduced plant species, etc. though constant change is the only constant in nature. After all, 17,000 years ago this area was just a solid sheet of ice.
Giving_Cat t1_j6dj1fs wrote
Certainly no Elm nor Chestnut in the second picture.
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