In the Nescopeck Creek watershed, there are prolific forests of oak, chestnut, and hemlock trees.
The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) has been one of the most prolific North American hardwood forest pests since its accidental release in the late 1800's (Sparks et al., 2013).
One approach is simply to grow more trees, since young softwood forests are prolific carbon fixers.
Forest elephants are prolific fruit eaters, and their snacking spreads seeds far and wide.
Further, some trees (e.g., lodgepole pine) possess adaptations to both disturbances, which can lead to prolific recovery after beetle-affected forests burn.
Among those now extinct is the golden toad, of which the males were orange-skinned and bright as flame, once prolific breeders in the Monteverde cloud forest of Costa Rica.
Among conservationists and arborists, the Norway maple is disliked for its prolific seeds, carried in twirling pods by the wind to forests, forest edges and any open lot.
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The researchers found that 52% of the new seedlings in the logged area came from just two prolific adults in pasture area outside the fragmented forest.
Comparing the frequency of fruit body production between 10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-year-old forest stands, R. emetica was most prolific in the latter.
