[at-l] Re: Trailbed Grass Growth Pattern

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

My thought would be that the trail is sometimes the only open area around,
so things that like sunlight grow along the edges, the center being trampled
daily and not a good growing area.  anklebear

-----Original Message-----
From: RoksnRoots@aol.com <RoksnRoots@aol.com>
To: DanandGailSC@aol.com <DanandGailSC@aol.com>
Cc: AT-L@mailman.backcountry.net <AT-L@mailman.backcountry.net>
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:01 AM
Subject: [at-l] Re: Trailbed Grass Growth Pattern


In a message dated 4/20/01 9:11:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
DanandGailSC@aol.com writes:

<<  Why does the grass appear along the trail first??
  >>

    My educated guess would be the lower water table caused by the trail
depression combined with mineral disturbance from soil disruption. Grass
would grow faster and healthier in this zone. This combines with the fact
that the trailbed, being barren, would act like a heating surface allowing a
warmer temperature from sunlight where the surrounding forest floor is a
scattered material that absorbs heat more slowly.


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