From the CO2Science.org archive: Alnus rubra or Red Alder is the most plentiful hardwood on the British Columbia west coast, where politicians are currently locked in a close election campaign between two parties bragging about which one will get rid of the carbon tax faster. If alder trees could vote, they’d almost all be in favour because according to CO2Science, between 1990 and 1995 there were six experiments which showed that Red Alder grew 34.5% faster, on average, in the presence of an extra 300 ppm of atmospheric CO2. And since the wood is widely used in making furniture, flooring, cabinets and construction finishes, as well as being excellent for smoking food, we think people should listen to what the trees are trying to tell us.
Slightly related - Having worked all of my career in the forest sector on the west coast, about 25 years ago silviculture foresters were confessing that they had been poisoning the wrong species all these years as once some manufacturing capacity for Alder appeared, the value of Alder (used mostly for furniture, flooring and cabinetry) became greater than many lower grades of softwood species.
The last 12 words here are awesome. But really though, when was the last time any obtuse humans listened to nature in any way?