Pure Cedar 

 Stand 



Due to the cedar's shallow 

 root system and to the spongy 

 nature of peat, many mature white" 

 cedars topple In violent storms. 



Sunlight reaches the 

 ground where trees 

 have fallen. 



-( 



/ 



Peat 



Shrub 



Cedar 

 seedling 



Pure 



cedar 



stand 



Hardwood 



Seed 



Source 



Cedar seed is plentiful. 



Cedar seed Is light. 



Other seed sources are plentiful. 



Cedar restoclcs openings, 



Cedars, other trees, and 

 shrubs sprout in openings. 



Fast growing shrubs & 

 trees outcompete cedar 

 in openfaigs. 



Matures to uneven-aged 

 pure cedar stand. 



Matures to mixed 

 cedar stand. 



Matures to deciduous 

 hardwood islands within 

 old cedar stand. 



Figure 29. Effects of high winds in Atlantic white cedar wetlands. 



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