Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center are planting a massive experimental forest for a long-term research project called BiodiversiTree.
The BiodiversiTree Project
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Prior to the massive BiodiversiTree project, this field was used to grow corn for 35 years. (SERC)
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When the experimental forest is fully planted it will add some 35,000 trees to the landscape divided among 125 study plots.
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BiodiversiTree includes 16 tree species native to North America, including this White Dogwood. (SERC)
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Senior scientist John Parker dug 24,000 holes in the first phase of forest planting. Parker says it took about 30 seconds a hole, then another minute or so to fill in the dirt. (SERC)
