I had to cut down a tree in my backyard. It was cut low, quite close to the ground. The stump has since sent out 100 new branches, and the former tree now resembles a shrub and continues to grow.
Which got me thinking: when forests are clear cut, why don’t the stumps send out new growth? Why do they need to be replanted?
In: Planetary Science
Mostly because the forests being cut down are conifers and hardwoods that aren’t able to do that. It’s primarily broadleafs like willow, poplar, and maple that can regrow from a cut stump like that.
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