permaculture

["roxann" <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>]

I have some woods that I'd like to restore to a balanced forest. It's a mixed 
red oak and hickory forest, but with all the logging that was done over the 
years before i bought it, there's mostly red oak left. And i'm not sure that 
the remaining un-logged forest on my land is truly balanced either. It 
appears to have a healthy ecosystem, with some of the plants that are more 
picky about habitats (ginseng, goldenseal, bloodroot, wild ginger, etc.). but 
what trees SHOULD be there, and which should be predominant, or should there 
be an even mix of trees like red and white oak, beech, maple, tulip tree, 
hickory, etc? I want to replant the parts of the forest that were logged, 
with trees that are supposed to be there. and how far apart should the young 
trees be planted from other more mature trees?

Roxann, NW Arkansas