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Hemlock Woodlot figures

• HF-ID: R1997-02
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Foster, D.R., Lezberg, A., Schoonmaker, P., Zebryk, T.M.
• Date: 1997
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Figures, reprints, correpondence and notes for hemlock papers.

• Keywords: hemlock, land use history, paleoecology
• Abstract:
  • The Hemlock Woodlot lies in the centre of the Prospect Hill tract in a relatively flat lowland that includes the adjacent Black Gum Swamp, other small wetlands, and lowland forests dominated by Tsuga canadensis or Acer rubrum (Foster et al, 1992).
  • The post-glacial history of two adjacent sites in the Harvard Forest, a 10-ha swamp (Black Gum Swamp) and a 0.006-ha hollow (Hemlock Hollow) in a Tsuga canadensis forest were investigated using pollen analysis (Foster and Zebryk, 1993).

• Related Items:
  • Research file: HF 1990-44 Hemlock Grid
  • Research file: HF 1997-02 Land-use history and Vegetation Dynamics of a Hemlock Woodlot in Central Massachusetts
  • Research file: HF 1997-04 Long-term Vegetation Dynamics of a Hemlock Forest in New England
  • Publication: Post-settlement history of human land-use and vegetation dynamics of a Tsuga Canadensis (hemlock) woodlot in central New England
  • Publication: Long-term vegetation dynamics and disturbance history of a Tsuga-dominated forest in New England

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