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Correlation of Pseudoparmelia caperata Area and Age of Path-side Acer rubrum in Harvard Forest

• HF-ID: HF2001-13
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Yang, Sylvia

• Date: 2001
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Student report (Freshman Seminar), 2 color photographs. 1 file folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: lichens
• Abstract:
  • The largest lichen area of Pseudoparmelia caperata cannot accurately determine the unknown age of a single Acer rubrum specimen, as a result of individual variation. However, a group of possibly even-aged trees can be assigned a general age range using average largest lichen area, given the relative bark roughness is known.

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 13, drawer 1
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