Deadwood and Fallen Trees: Leave Them in Place, Don't Clear Them

A section of deliberately left deadwood. A standing dead tree remains, with peeling bark and woodpecker holes; nearby, a large fallen trunk lies on the ground, its surface covered with moss and fungi, already beginning to decay and collapse, with a damp humus layer beneath. Elsewhere, a pile of pruned branches is stacked, interweaving to form a one-meter-high brush pile. These are all part of the design, not uncleared debris. Avoid: removing all deadwood and fallen logs, shredding and transporting away pruned branches, neatly cutting deadwood into sections and stacking them, or placing standing dead trees with a risk of collapse on main pedestrian paths.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段刻意留下的枯木。一株枯立木還站著,樹皮剝落、上面有啄木的洞;旁邊一根倒下的粗大樹幹橫在地上,表面長滿苔蘚與真菌,已經開始腐朽塌陷,底下是潮濕的腐植層。另一處堆著一堆修剪下來的枝條,交錯堆成一米高的枝堆。這些都是設計的一部分不是沒清理。避免:把枯木與倒木全部清走、把修剪下來的枝條打碎運離、讓枯木被整齊地切成段落堆放、在人的主要動線上放置有倒塌風險的枯立木。