Is there some kind of app/website that shows you info about forests around you anywhere in the world? I'm talking details like the kind of trees that grow there, maybe age of the forest, mushrooms that could potentially grow there based on trees and climate etc.
no because if this information were to be made public, all hell would break loose, everyone would cut down the trees, moron. holy shit
yes, now that I have identified the tree outside my home I will cut it down
so we agree that it would be dangerous to release such an app
as we go through life we learn to leave some things alone, and not ask these questions about trees and forests
koppen climate zones exist for a reason anon.
do yourself a favor and just assume all the trees in NA are less than 100 years old (unless otherwise noted), from there it's just understanding what trees thrive in which climates; other plant species will follow.
i know it isn't the same as a brainlet, zoomer friendly app for those with roughly zero attention span, but 10 minutes of basic research will get you most of what you need to know for any particular area.
what's your ultimate goal here?
Why wouldn't you want an app like that? Sure it's easier to say "oaks grow in temperate woodland" but it would be easier to know which species are normal where with an app, and after a while using it, you could be pretty damned learned on whole continents of plants
It's more fun to discover and figure out these things on your own
i dunno, i'm old and don't see the point in everything being an app. All of the information you want is really easy to find, and it's rather peculiar to a particular geographical area.
maybe you travel a lot more than i do. but i can't think of a circumstance in which i'd find myself in some boreal forest outside of my native PNW and have an overwhelming, crippling need to know, URGENTLY what trees i'm looking at, or what fungi might be on the forest floor -- while simultaneously neither google nor wikipedia are unavailable.
but help me understand, what's your use case for this?
>peculiar to a particular geographical area
It never is; no two plants share the same range besides insular species. I would love to know small ecological hotspots, areas with specific flora but without specific others, etc, for the purpose of choosing where to live/build something/buy land, for example
Almost all forests in my shitty country are very young. I want to identify which forest are the oldest around me because there's almost no high value mushrooms growing in those shitty young ones + they are boring to explore. The other option is to drive around all day in my car and waste fuel.
And as for identifying trees some mushrooms are specific to leaf trees, and some to coniferous. Would be useful to know which forests around me are which.
>what are field manuals
U sound like u might be an illegal logger
Look for historical logging records
https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx
For USAnons the NRCS maintains a very detailed soils database that can be used to infer what local species are likely growing in a given area based on factors like average temperature, elevation, precipitation, available nutrients, and drainage. Also handy for predicting trail conditions if you're off the beaten path.
Why don’t you just read a couple books moron
inaturalist shows info about any living organisms, yes including fungi and plants, but not forest-specific information and it depends on reports made by other people. Useful if you just want general information about an area, or if certain species of plant were reported close to somewhere, but it probably lacks like 80% of collectible data.