What are the magical uses of dead wood?

As we all know, dead wood is a kind of wood formed after a tree dies. Some are formed after a large amount of water is lost from the dry tree. Dead wood coming back to life in spring also refers to dead wood. Although it seems useless in normal times, nature is regular. Although it seems useless to us, dead wood has extraordinary uses. Through the introduction below, let us understand the wonderful uses of dead wood.

Dead standing trees are trees that have died due to various reasons but are still standing. It is often a breeding ground for the occurrence and reproduction of diseases and insect pests. When a large number of dead standing trees appear in the forest due to natural thinning, it indicates that the stand is too dense and thinning should be carried out in time; when dead standing trees appear due to natural aging, it indicates that the stand is overmature and should be cut down and renewed in time. When there are a large number of dead standing trees in the forest due to other reasons, they should also be removed through sanitary felling and eradication.

Deadwood refers to trees whose top crowns are dead.

So dead wood refers to trees that are about to die or have already withered but not yet decayed. Includes branches, trunk, roots and their attachments (such as tumors) and other parts. Dead wood is not rotten wood. Rotten wood cannot be carved, but dead wood can be carved.

At the end of the 20th century, a forest fire in a western state of the United States destroyed tens of thousands of acres of forest. Afterwards, people found that the culprit was the dead branches and leaves in the forest. Therefore, the state government cleared the withered and dry trees and grass leaves in the forest to eliminate hidden dangers. There were no major fires in the next two years, but there was a large-scale outbreak of insect infestation caused by a spruce leaf roller. Experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture investigated this phenomenon and came to a shocking conclusion: it turns out that the main cause of insect pests is that humans ignorantly clean up dead trees and grass leaves in the forest.

Through the above introduction, we know the wonderful uses of dead wood. These are things that we don’t pay attention to in normal times. Especially in the forest, the role of dead wood is more obvious. It is also a wonderful use of nature. Generally, we need to follow the laws of nature, especially pay attention to the ecological balance.