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[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 5 days ago

There's no way you're going to get Hickory growing naturally in your garden, unless your garden is in some very specific parts of the world.

[-] SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 21 points 5 days ago

This is just an example of course. Succession can look differently and lead to very different results, depending on where exactly it is happening.

I'd also argue, that leaving your garden alone to let succession run its course is not neccessarily the ideal to strive for. Even simply speeding up the process to get to the final stage isn't.

Gardens are a very different sort of ecosystem from an extended woodlands area and there are many ways to use them for human recreation and as a habitat for many species, that even exceed the biodiversity of the potentially naturally occuring ecosystem.
A trimmed suburban lawn is just one of the worst options.

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

This is just an example of course.

Of course, but it does annoy me when something so specific is mentioned, instead of simply writing "hardwood trees" (or whatever information it was that the reader was supposed to infer from that example).