A black bear, fat with its pre-hibernation stuffing, was ambling through the screen of thin second-growth trees to his left.
On the far side was a forestry road with chest-high seedlings of second-growth trees.
The remaining and substantial redwood forests are nearly all second-growth trees.
The climb was straight uphill through second-growth trees.
About half the Reservation is covered by a forest and lakes, with second-growth trees.
Fortunately, the beach is edged in first- and second-growth trees, towering natural umbrellas.
This section of second-growth trees was as dense as any deep forest.
Birds sang and went about their birdy-business in the bushes and second-growth trees.
Beavers fell small trees, especially young second-growth trees, for food.
The second-growth trees that replaced the original forest were densely packed and had thin boles.