>>2852894>No, evergreens grow better with disturbance because they require more sunlight.that's not the issue
the conifer needles feed the fungus in the soil, when you remove the conifers you starve the fungus, which then dies and lives symbiotically with the trees
I suppose hardwoods have lesser fungal requirements
also, clearcut logging tends to lead to mass forest fires because of the sawdust left behind and trim easily igniting, which further disrupts the bacteria and fungus in the soil
>If you want more evergreensI think they would have to amend the soil heavily but there's all sorts of ridgeline slops where I'm pretty sure pre-logging it would have been solid pine/spruce/fir/etc and they don't make much of an effort to restore it and now its kudzu and prickers and heath bushes