• oatscoop@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Trees provide habitat for wildlife, can grow in areas less conducive to farming, and require little to no care after planting.

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      1 year ago

      While what you’re saying is generally true about trees, they’re creating poplars for the paper industry. They will grow in big monocultures and get mowed down after just a decade. That’s pretty much worthless as an ecosystem.
      They’re grown in a similar way for biomass for the energy sector. Poplars are probably the easiest way to build up a lot of biomass.

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        Poplars are probably the easiest way to build up a lot of biomass.

        That’s why they’re so poplar.