Tarzan won't be swinging from lianas any more...
and the language of 'liberating trees'.

A “study found that removing woody vines, also known as #Lianas, from five to 10 trees per hectare was a cost-effective way to increase timber yields while also increasing the absorption of carbon by the liberated trees.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-07/vine-control-could-improve-tree-health-absorb-more-carbon/102297386

“Liana-infested future crop trees”
"Liana cutting in selectively logged forests increases both carbon sequestration and timber yields
Liberating future crop trees from lianas is a cost-effective way to increase rates of carbon sequestration, increase timber yields, and restore degraded forest."
"Infestations of trees by woody climbing plants (i.e., lianas) are common and increasing in an estimated 250 Mha of the 1 billion hectares of mixed-species tropical and temperate forest subjected to selective logging. Cutting lianas that impede the growth of future crop trees (FCTs) in these forests would sequester carbon at low cost and increase timber yields."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112723002724
#Logging #Language #Framing #Tropical #Forests #Ecosystems #Rainforest #Vines #Wildlife #Habitat #Biodiversity

From today's canoe trip through the inundated forests of the Caeté river floodplain -- this liana is actually a gymnosperm (should be Gnetum venosum Spruce ex Benth.). We collected this specimen for our herbarium at the University of Pará (UFPA) in Bragança (HBRA).
#Amazonas #Caeté #BragançaPA #Gnetaceae #lianas #wetlands #floodplain #forests #herbarium #HBRA #UFPA

Curatella americana L. is a small savanna #tree and as such rather unusual in the #Amazonas region. It occurs, however, in seasonally dry #coastal #dune vegetation. Locally, it is the only tree of its family #Dilleniaceae, which is composed mainly of #lianas. It shares with the lianas the spine-toothed #leaf margins (best seen in young plants) and has a rough, sandpaper-like leaf surface. We have a specimen planted on Campus of the #UFPA in #BragançaPA. #botany