Tim O'Connell<p>If you&#39;re familiar with <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/EasternHemlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EasternHemlock</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>forests</span></a> then you might picture them as a closed <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/canopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>canopy</span></a> with sparse vegetation in the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/understory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>understory</span></a>. </p><p>But when a fallen tree opens up that canopy, the <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/gap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gap</span></a> supports a profusion of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/regeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regeneration</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/KUwmGSudKHg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/KUwmGSudKHg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Very cool to find this understory <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/heterogeneity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>heterogeneity</span></a> at <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/RBWinterStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RBWinterStatePark</span></a> in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/succession" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>succession</span></a></p>