Trees Across Oregon: The Western Hemlock Zone
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2016
- Nowhere else in the world does a single tree species dominate the landscape over such a vast area, as Douglas-fir does in Oregon's Western Hemlock Zone. This zone is the most extensive forest zone in Oregon and includes most of the Coast Range as well as the Cascade Mountains below about 3,500 feet in elevation. In this half-hour video--written and narrated by Whitey Lueck, a Eugene-based naturalist and an instructor at the University of Oregon--you'll learn how this zone's different forest types function, from old-growth stands of fir and hemlock, to sites dominated by western redcedar or red alder. Whitey also discusses the landscape history of these forests, which developed quite recently despite being sometimes referred to as "ancient" forests. All of the film footage was made in the McKenzie River watershed of Oregon's central West Cascades, within just a few miles of McKenzie Bridge.
Thank you for this highly educational content!
Thank you so much! It was exciting to learn all this information about the trees and the woods because I, like a lot of us older folks, cannot get out in the woods any more, yet I love the woods. Thank you again! Excellent production!
So much great information in so little time. Thanks!
Great video. I'm going to watch it again in a few days.
So happy to see that you uploaded this for viewing Whitey! I only wish we'd finished the series!
You answered many questions I had. Great video. Thank You
what is hemlac tree
Excellent talk, thank you!
This video is fantastic to say the least!
Nice
This is so great. Thank you for posting your knowledge like this. I can’t wait to check out more from your video list.
Very very high quality content! Thank you so much!
love your films, thanks mate!
Great information. Thanks
Trees are cool
this is cool
16:19 What an insightful comment. Amazing video!
I seen sugar pines with the western hemlocks. The western hemlocks are much taller then the eastern hemlocks.
Relative of the Larch, actually in the Larcidoiae subgenus. This is why they have similar cones with bracts, the shiny skin is also similar but not as pleated as larch. The innner growth pattern of small trees resembles the larch too,.
Great show thank you I’m very glad to have found you and also have subscribe to your channel as an Oregonian I spend a lot of time in the cascade range and want to know more about the forest I love
The Western Hemlock Zone is completely dominated by Douglas-fir and likely will continue that way. Scientists have interesting thought processes unfathomable to the common man.
what is a stand?
It's a group of trees within a larger forested area.
@@WhiteyLueck Thanks!!