Warping, valley shelter, and fog height each produce distinctive tree silhouettes.
Evidence
Trees at upper left are beach pines, stunted and warped by wind, but holding to their places by strong roots. Trees in center are redwoods in valley sheltered from strong winds by hills which allow fog to reach them and supply needed moisture in summer. Trees at bottom right are live oak trees on hillside too high for heavy fog, and with good afternoon sun exposure. — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 165
Categorization
- XREF: A worked example of the illustrated-chart technique the reader needs for the 20 annotated field observations. — connects to: Plant form reveals whether wind or fog has helped, hindered, or shaped it. — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 156; Leaf arrangement in layers sets which light regime favors a tree species — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1318; Tree-fall gaps let young trees establish that dense forest shade otherwise prevents — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 129 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Tree-fall gaps let young trees establish that dense forest shade otherwise prevents
#complicates(0.90) — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 129 - A tree’s typical mode of death determines the size of gap it creates.
#complicates(0.90) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 388 - Leaf arrangement in layers sets which light regime favors a tree species
#qualifies(0.85) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1318