[Magdalen] Glue that Holds.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/7/2015 11:46:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
juli at tarsney.net writes:

Speaking  of glue, this may be my all-time favorite quotation - from Eugene
O'Neill:  “Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God  is
glue.”>>>
Dendrology mode.....on.
 
My father would also apply this "glue" expression for the extensive
pine barrens of NW and Central Wisconsin.  These are sandy, flat
infertile areas dominated by Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) forests with
some Hill's Oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis).  The sand, fine as that on  any
tropical beach, is really outwash from the receeding Wisconsin  Pleistocene
Glaciation.  The land is highly acidic, and is being tapped for  fracking 
sand
as well as being marvelous for the cranberry farms.
 
These forests need fire to survive, since neither of the dominant  species
can reproduce under their own shade.  However, there has been  good
fire control over the past 50 years, and so you have the interesting
phenomenon that there is an understory of Eastern White Pine (Pinus
strobus) and "Norway" (Red) Pine (Pinus resinosa) throughout the
barrens.  These are the climax tree species for the barrens, but  were
infrequently seen because of the fires.
 
Dendrology mode.....Off.
 
 
David Strang.