Yes you have some fantastic Aspen in North America & it’s interesting to know that the wolves play a key role in its health. I’d certainly visit in the autumn!!

@@LeaveCurious what utter nonsense

@@richardcowley4087 what’s nonsensical about this Richard?

@@LeaveCurious You are making unfounded claims learn to tell the truth

@@richardcowley4087 so are you saying north America doesn't have nice aspen or that he wouldn't visit?

it's called quaking sound :)

It seem that the two rewilding and nature conservation projects channel finally meet. I would watch a coopération between the two. Like a video on river rewilding (fishes beaver, amphibian, dam etc) with both channel that start or show a project on that.

You’re welcome, always happy to shed some light the brilliant work that you do! Here’s to more videos!!

@@deinsilverdrac8695 watch this space ! :)

@@TubeMeisterJC let’s just hope there’s no interbreeding, creating… Leave Earth 😮… lol you can expect some collaborations between us :) great comment!

This relationship is beautiful

I’m super interested to see how the beaver interacts with aspen! Cheers! 🌿

I think Aspen and beavers are mutually dependent on each other. Aspen are fast growing and delicious to beavers. Beavers impound water in streams and rivers creating moist soil which Aspen like. Beavers cut trees close to the ground. Aspen regenerate from the roots so culling from the beavers encourages Aspen to multiply and spread.

utter bullshit

Yes I think it is a little unknown! Awesome Wayne!

Awesome - keep up the good work!

Also nice to have some trees to admire from the window, cheers Chris!

Lime trees? May I ask where? I'm moving to Bonnigton soon so would love to photograph the tree!

@@stuff8119 Behind Broughton Street, to the east. There used to be three, but one was taken down because of a wound in it which was becoming a danger.

I like to say pappel oder zitterpappel out loud lol yes they are all colonisers

Thats beautiful! Thanks for sharing, I should of brought one back for the garden!

@@LeaveCurious yeah haha they grow quite easily from cuttings i think. You do get them occasionally in England

Some of my favourite trees you've listed there Caroline!

You’re welcome Robert, yes there’ll be more cross pollination, as we like to call it, moving forward! Cheers!

Also interesting to think about, that point of the tree having been called "old Wives tongue" or whatever it was, how misogyny and hatred or abuse towards was paired in hand with the destruction of Mother Earth- the positioning of men as representing "male Sky god who gives dominion OVER Earth" and women as such "lowly" Earth. All of these destructive aspects of dominant human culture intersect and support each other.

Hey, welcome and thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it :) yeah, it’s all about respect to all life. It’s the only way we can move forward!

Ahh cheers Matthew, can say the same for the Mossy Earth videos 👌 Keep up the great work!

Thank you and welcome!

Challenge misogyny of folklore? Give it rest.

@@jonjames7328 do you not enjoy poking fun at the silliness of old timey people? to such an extreme degree that you'd like to take that enjoyment away from others?🧐

All sounds spot on to me - the historic aspen stand is known as Pando!

I could of listen to Peter talk for hours about the Aspen! Thanks Paul 🌿

Me too, it’s brilliant work. Thank you for always leaving encouraging comments!

@@LeaveCurious My pleasure, my friend!! I love Scotland! I'm a bagpiper!! Have an excellent weekend my friend!!

Yes exactly!

It is a pretty spot!

Awesome!!

Yes Gentec have been a great partner.😊

Awesome Will, yeah I suspect you will once they begin to sucker

It never seems to be a good connotation! Cheers Jakob!

Beautiful, where are you based?

Thats really interesting Benjamin! Something to ask Peter about on a future visit!

@@LeaveCurious You could ask Peter by email - quicker if it’s an important question!

Cheers Giles appreciate it :) 🌿

I didn't know about the use of compost, thats really cool!

Yeah it's really fungal. We had a few piles and added Aspen Bark, the results where really impressive. The piles are literally covered in little fruiting bodies already. It is my understanding, and you may well know better, that Aspen acts as a chelation agent. Ergo I propose any compost made using material from Aspen would have excellent mineral retention and be very bio active for other plants. Perhaps this is a character of pioneer trees and perhaps what may make them successful as founding species??

This is really cool, Aspen playing its role as coloniser! Let me know what wildlife does come use the area!

in the usa ! not in Scotland no one "brush hog's" anything here in Britain

Cheers big D!!!

You're welcome, pleased you're enjoying it :)

Yes I'm interested to see how the Beaver uses the Aspen as it becomes more widespread! Cheers!

@@LeaveCurious Starting an Aspen stand is very difficult with Beavers present, their normal behavior is to eat everything & then move on. This is not conducive for starting a fresh stand. We usually have to put wire mesh around trees or they will be fallen.

Spot on increase the habitat.

Thank you Stephen! Aspen clone naturally - its their main form of reproduction, suckering from the roots. So cloning them via a lab process its just ensuring that more Aspen are out in the countryside, so they can do what they naturally do.

You're welcome Charlie, thank you!

Welcome Michael and thank you!

Cloning was required as there were only 12 clones in 240 km square. They are pollinated by wind, not insects.

@josephgreenlees3639 Sorry if I was incorrect on insect pollination, thought ant Species, Beatles, or leaf eaters, shredders or otherwise might help facilitate pollination.

@josephgreenlees3639 Realize clones are not necessarily a bad thing as most of the stands may be from various cloak or underground roots going vertical shoots which then may become new leaders instigating new saplings.

Yes he did! Le tremble!!

Thank you, I will do!

They do indeed, I can’t wait for the Lynx!

Trossachs

If your going to do that then you need other foods like wild boar, beaver, otters and grown other food like crab apple, Rowen, sort the burns out, stock them with trout etc etc you have to give them easy food otherwise the animals come into the inby land and eat the lambs and sheep, cause huge damage to assets etc hope you academics are thinking about all of this...personally I agree, it would be great to see this...

Hey thank you! Get in contact with eadha- linked the description:)

Thats neat alright...

For the uninitiated: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftNjfdKVp7iRpqc.html ;)

hahah nice.

Hmm I want more woody oils scenting my house... I honestly do not know how much oil you get from a single Aspen - found this for you www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1032453587/aspen-tree-bark-oil

They are fascinating & all too often get a bad rep in rewilding britian, which is undeserved! Cheers Jack

It’s not a problem in the same way it would be for an animal. However, you would simply lose the uniqueness that comes with each individual. This can be the times it comes into leaf, the colours, or perhaps tolerance to certain diseases.

As I understand it, they are introducing greater genetic diversity than is naturally typical of aspens.

The point is to increase the genetic diversity. The largest planting Eadha has been involved with is 75,000 trees from 60 clones in Glen Trool. We would hope that this acts as a future seed source.

Check out Mossy Earths Aspen projects, there'll be a new video from them this autumn on their aspen projects.

@@LeaveCurious Nice, Am curious Any future plans for Amazon?

Eadha planted our 1 millionth tree in May 2021

Aspen is native and I can't think of a single issue - it's a great tree for depleted landscapes

I’d wondered the same: your video says it’s a pioneer species, but doesn’t mention whether it’s native to British Isles.

It's native. Here on Skye it survives where sheep couldn't get it. I see them clinging to sea cliffs and on steep bits around burns (streams, to non-Scots). They're there, waiting to spread out again if sheep are reduced in number (unless the ever increasing numbers of deer get them). But they're so fragmented the spread would be by suckering only. It would be a strategic move to plant, with protection from grazers, single male trees near a female relict stand and vice versa (and then to eat a lot of venison).

​​@@lindaj5492 In restoration a Prioneer species is a species that grows well and fast on bare land therefore establishing the new restored area by protecting other seedlings that want to grow from the wind, rain and predators. Basically, a species that establishes the population and allows other species to grow. Think of each new bare patch of land being colonised. Yeah, invasive species is the word for non-native.

​@@drrd4127In South Africa we use the term 'alien' plant for non native species. Most aliens are invasive here, but not all.

It really is! :) Cheers!

Cheers Shawn, appreciate that 🤙🌿

George speaks with great passion, plus the man's a literal sponge for knowledge! Appreciate the thoughtful words Bill, cheers

It seems aspen pollen does not last long in cores etc.

eyyyy, you're not the first to that one I'm afraid

@@LeaveCurious damn next time then

Impressive!!

@@LeaveCurious the cost was ! It was £250

What are the main pressures to colorado aspen?

@@LeaveCurious fire, drought and climate change

Haha - this comment without context is confusing.

@@LeaveCurious It's from a video series called Neature Walk.

Good question - i think birch, aspen, pine, hazel, oak.. naming a few. Do you know?

well theres lots of other types of aspen - the one found in scotland is treumla, but theres many more populus species and birch is quite similar too.

@@LeaveCurious You got me wrong, I did not ask for a list of aspen species, but for a list of insect/fungus species depending on/ in an interrelation with Aspen. I believe you referred to about 100 such species.

You want the Haglow PDF from the Aspen Conference Boat of Garten, Scotland 2008. John Parrot formerly of Highland Aspen Group is a main author

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@@LeaveCurious many thanks!

Its reliable - at this stage that's what Aspen requires!

I have seen the systems for plant cell clones. 1000's of plants can be started in a small room, and eventually get put in a greenhouse or nursery. It's like doing cuttings, but on a very small scale. Aspen seldom make viable seed.

@@got2kittys perfect answer. thanks!

Our early plantings are starting to flower and we do intend to start using seed.

Getting viable seed I think is a problem.?

That’s awesome! It’s been a good year due to the weather! Where are you?

@@LeaveCurious Canim Lake, near 100 Mile House, British Columbia. Aspen was collected for carbon purposes and fire breaks. Yes last year's heat dome has done much towards this year being a banner year for many species conifer and deciduous alike.

You are lucky, very little seed production currently in Scotland😢

Contact Peter at Eadha - I think with one of the membership packages you get set a couple!

On the croft wr have 1000's you can have them for free its a weed....

Yes apex apredators like a wolf can have that affect - Scotland ness a whole lot less free-roaming grazing sheep/deer & little more natural predators!

Let's put them in Edinburgh and Glasgow first then.

I'll check it out, cheers :)

Cheers!!!!

Easy step that we can take!

:)

Populus tremula / Aspen !

They find as many local Scottish Aspen as possible - these are trees which have managed to hold on despite the pressures they face. Perhaps they've faced pests and diseases and stood the test of time. They are after all the remnants remaining... But I think generally no, so along as the climate stays kind to the Aspen, they will do well due to how prolific they are at colonising bare ground.

@@LeaveCurious yeah I guess the remaining ones are naturally selected.

@@stuearth5076 still an interstring question though, one to ask Peter

At Eadha we have collected over 450 clones from all over the West Coast and Islands of Scotland. 28 from Arran, 6 from Bute, 2 from Millport.

Each planting area will have at least 30 different clones.

Yeah, can grow in a range of climates

:).

Pretty accurate description :)

Wow, thanks for consuming content. Since you’ve seen a lot, what’s your feedback? What would you like to see more of and what can be better?

Yeah I think that’s true, have you worked with trees at all?

@@LeaveCurious Im an evolutionary biologist.

Had some flowers so far but only male. Trees for Life are doing great work with clones in a seed orchard.

They certainly are!!

@@LeaveCurious Yet they are being destroyed at an unprecedented rate, worldwide, both by natural causes, and by human predation. .

Fences, plastic tree guards etc are not ideal when you're trying to naturalise a landscape - so one approach has been to plant the Aspen adjacent to thorny, less palatable species - the idea is that these plants shield them from the grazers. Its how Oak trees naturally establish within scrubland, jays stash the acorns within the hawthorn & they grow with the protection. I think in some cases, there is an argument for fencing, but its not solving the route cause, which is the overgrazing itself. If that's solved, natural regeneration will flourish along with any planting schemes.

@@LeaveCurious Thanks.

Sheep don't touch Aspen its like poison to them...

@@LeaveCurious The over grazing isn't done by sheep but deer, but this is because the Millburn isn't done any more so fresh grass is not now being grown...so now mid summer the deer come down to the inby land and eat the hay that the sheep should have for the winter, but I have to guess you don't want sheep or cattle any more??

no it's quite rare now!

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@@LeaveCuriousThanks!

Arrow shafts, canoes, oars, matches, fruit and cheese boxes, pizza oven wood, highest quality paper, saunas, slope stabilisation, phytoremediation, nano crystalline board for computing and you can mix it 50/50 with flour to bulk out bread.

@@josephgreenlees3639 Yeah, pretty much a niche tree. There's almost no demand for the wood, and it won't grow in many places in my country.

remember rewilding can arrive in many forms - given how few Aspen there are they weren't naturally regenerating so I think the approach is justified

Nice :)

Are you saying not to plant the aspen in caledonian pinewoods? I think the majority of the Aspen is going into particularly barren areas.

At last someone I can agree with why aspen, its a weed , why not silver birch

@@LeaveCurious Why plant this weed , plant silver birch a way better tree and belongs here, come to the croft , its evasive weed that has little to no value at all, very happy to debate it with you.

@@tatradak what are we debating, why plant Aspen or Aspen v Silver Birch? Either way there are numerous reasons why Aspen is a useful tree, a fact recongised by the FCS funding the project to restore it featured in the video - but most notablty, to a depleted scottish landscape its aspens ability to colonise quickly, providing soil neutralisation, top-soil creation, riverbank/slope stabilisation, palatability for grazers as part of wood pasture, or more natural setting along rivers for beavers and of course because they spring back from the roots - these are just the ecological and environmental benefits - it can be used in the remediation of contaminated land, its a fantastic energy biomass crop - i could go on and I'm not an expert in Aspen. But the key to it all of this, to getting the most out of any tree, is knowing where this tree is most useful, playing to its strengths .

@@LeaveCurious I am saying not to plant anything in the old caledonian pinewoods. Hands off and let them regenerate. The RSPB in cahoots with SNH (as was), HC & FCS are responsible for breaking the chain of evolution of the caledonian pines woods at Abernethy thereby destroying their natural heritage in the name of climate change mitigation and biodiversity enhancement. According to their website they aim (ed) to plant 100,000 trees in the reserve including Aspen, Willow and Alder. I have nothing against Aspen per se but against the irresponsible, irreversible destruction of Scotlands natural heritage.

:) :)

You are right and that is why seed is the end goal of Eadha. Many of our trees were geographically isolated and have little hope of reproducing. We are simply acting as a dating agency.

eyyyyy nicee :)

I guess it all depends on what you want from your trees!

The timber has many uses as does birch. Aspen is used for pizza ovens as it burns fast and hot.