Massachusetts Old Growth Forests - Second Growth Hemlock 2006
- HF-ID: HFS2006-09
- Category: Research Samples
- Creator:
- D'Amato, Anthony W.
- Orwig, D.A.
- Date: 2006
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Media: Samples - tree cores
- Contents:
- Cores taken May 2006 from sites including CRB, DB, DH, GCRB, GDH, GDR, GR, MO. 2 boxes.
- Keywords: old growth forests
- Abstract:
- Old-growth forests are valuable sources of ecological, conservation, and management information, yet these ecosystems have received little study in New England, due in large part to their regional scarcity. To increase our understanding of the structures and processes common in these rare forests, we studied the abundance of downed coarse woody debris (CWD) and snags and live-tree size-class distributions in 16 old-growth hemlock forests in western Massachusetts. Old-growth stands were compared with eight adjacent second growth hemlock forests to gain a better understanding of the structural differences between these two classes of forests resulting from contrasting histories.
- Related Items:
- Archives Location: Sample Archive, Bay 1, stack 2, shelf 6
- Access: Active
- Administrative Notes:
- 2022-10-13 Renamed from "TSCA 2nd Growth Tree Cores" to Massachusetts Old Growth Forests - Second Growth Hemlock 2006; information updated