Tree Talk: Snags

This time on Tree Talk we discuss standing dead trees, which are called "snags" by biologists. It may be counter-intuitive, but dead trees are actually quite important to forest ecosystems.
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Filmed and edited by Allyson Wells

[@gnarmarmilla]

Thank you so much. I didn’t know all that. I figured they were important for fungus but I didn’t think they were that important for animals.
I’m very thankful for your channel and for these videos. I pray to God that you will be blessed evermore to help people appreciate these invaluable forests we have.

[@markjones5561]

Thank you for this. We've only a small wood, but we're always fighting with family members telling us to clean it up, as there 'so much dead wood in there' :) Think they believe it should look like a golf course

[@stevemurray6543]

Emerald ash borer has given us to many snags. We are leaving them be, the good out all the destruction is snag habitat. Thank you.

[@raphlvlogs271]

various types of vines also love to grow on dead standing trees.

[@nl4064]

good info