Small Woodlot Information
Question: How does this woodlot affect the health of the creek?
Most of the largest loblolly pines here are estimated at over 100 years old.
This article from the Pennsylvania State Extension describes the value of forests and gives more information about stormwater runoff and infiltration:
https://extension.psu.edu/the-role-of-trees-and-forests-in-healthy-watersheds
- Reduces stormwater runoff.
- Filters and regulates the flow of rainwater, in large part due to their leafy canopy that intercepts rainfall, slowing its fall to the ground and the forest floor, which acts like an enormous sponge, typically absorbing up to 18 inches of precipitation (depending on soil composition) before gradually releasing it to natural channels, such as the creek
Most of the largest loblolly pines here are estimated at over 100 years old.
This article from the Pennsylvania State Extension describes the value of forests and gives more information about stormwater runoff and infiltration:
https://extension.psu.edu/the-role-of-trees-and-forests-in-healthy-watersheds
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An online guide to the natural resources of Windsor Castle Park
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