BHS September, 2012
To know the height, dbh (diameter at breast height), and type is to have a sense of how the BHS campus trees contribute to our vital ecosystem services ... pulling CO2 out of the air and replacing it with O2, filtering groundwater, managing water from rainstorms, hosting beneficial species (like the birds and dragonflies that eat mosquitoes) and locking carbon away in their trunks.
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| The Spark says it's 10 degrees cooler in the shade |
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| The birches are still just 3 inches in diameter |
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| we're pretty sure this is a maple |
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| Which kind of oak is this? |
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| Just where is this tree? mapping with GPS |
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