Harvard Forest Data Archive

HF015

Land Use and Forest Dynamics at Harvard Forest 1937-2013

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Data

• hf015-01: plots (preview)
• hf015-02: trees (preview)
• hf015-03: understory (preview)
• hf015-04: mosses (preview)
• hf015-05: soils (preview)
• hf015-06: Prospect Hill 1992 species list (preview)
• hf015-07: plot locations

Overview

• Lead: David Foster, Glenn Motzkin
• Investigators: Arthur Allen, Paul Wilson
• Contact: Information Manager
• Start date: 1937
• End date: 2013
• Status: complete
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Latitude: +42.53 to +42.55 degrees
• Longitude: -72.20 to -72.17 degrees
• Elevation: 280 to 420 meter
• Datum: WGS84
• Taxa:
• Release date: 2023
• Language: English
• EML file: knb-lter-hfr.15.24
• DOI: digital object identifier
• EDI: data package
• DataONE: data package
• Related links:
• Study type: short-term measurement, modeling
• Research topic: historical and retrospective studies; physiological ecology, population dynamics and species interactions; soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
• LTER core area: mineral cycling, disturbance patterns, land use and land cover change
• Keywords: carbon, forest disturbance, land use, nitrogen, soil
• Abstract:

  Modern vegetation patterns have developed as a result of species response to environmental gradients, disturbance history, and biotic interactions. However, the relative importance of environmental versus historical factors in determining modern species distributions may differ from site to site and may change with increasing time since disturbance. In addition, life-forms may differ in their response to environmental versus historical disturbance gradients. In the current study, we relate vegetation patterns across the Prospect Hill Tract of Harvard Forest to variability in edaphic factors and disturbance histories.

  Modern species distribution patterns are related to both edaphic and disturbance gradients. Although species respond individualistically to edaphic and disturbance gradients, land-use history, soil drainage, and C:N ratio are good predictors of the distribution of many species. In contrast, 1938 hurricane damage is less important. Vascular species richness is related to historical land-use, with fewer species in historical woodlots than on former agricultural sites. This is contrary to what has been reported from several other studies, and may reflect the dominance of historical woodlots in the study area by hemlock, a species that creates environmental (i.e. light and soil) conditions that are unsuitable for many species. Historical land-use does not appear to influence bryophyte species richness, although the distributions of several species do follow patterns of land-use. Species richness also varies according to soil drainage, with higher bryophyte, herb, and shrub richness and lower overstory and understory tree richness on wetter sites.

• Methods:

  Vascular vegetation was sampled on 269 1/8th acre (22.5 x 22.5 m) plots and bryophytes were sampled on a subset of 105 plots. Many of the plots had been previously sampled in 1937 as part of the Harvard Forest inventory. A comprehensive data set of edaphic variables developed for these plots includes soil drainage, texture, organic matter content, bulk density, pH, CEC, base saturation, cation concentrations, and C:N ratio. Field and archival records were used to summarize disturbance histories for each plot, including historical land-use, date of abandonment, 1938 hurricane damage, and fire and forest management history.

• Organization: Harvard Forest. 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366, USA. Phone (978) 724-3302. Fax (978) 724-3595.

• Project: The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. (ROR).

• Funding: National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210.

• Use: This dataset is released to the public under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (No Rights Reserved). Please keep the dataset creators informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset should include proper acknowledgement.

• License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0)

• Citation: Foster D, Motzkin G. 2023. Land Use and Forest Dynamics at Harvard Forest 1937-2013. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF015 (v.24). Environmental Data Initiative: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/47185961c5676ff2e4c76f0f4681b064.

Detailed Metadata

hf015-01: plots

1. plot: plot number (1-269)
2. aspect: aspect measured by compass (degrees, 0-359) (unit: number / missing value: NA)
3. slope: slope (degrees, not percent) (unit: number / missing value: NA)
4. position: landscape position (factor with levels: LOW, MID LOW, MID, MID LEV, UPPER). Documentation of the level meanings not found, from 1992 survey.
5. relief: microrelief, probably related to prevalence of pits/mounds and stumps (factor with levels 1-4). Documentation of the level meanings not found, from 1992 survey.
6. rocks: cover-abundance of rocks
   • 0: none
   • 1: less than 1%
   • 2: 1-3%
   • 3: less than 5%
   • 4: 5-15%
   • 5: 16-25%
   • 6: 26-50%
   • 7: 51-75%
   • 8: greater than 75%
7. hurricane: 1938 hurricane damage (1-6)
8. fire1957: 1957 fire
   • 1: Y
   • 2: N
9. abandon: abandonment date for sites that were cleared for agriculture. After Foster map of abandonment in HF Archives.
10. series: soil series
    • 1: Canton loam
    • 2: Whitman loam
    • 3: Montauk fine sandy loam
    • 4: Scituate loam
    • 5: Charlton loam
    • 6: Brookfield loam
    • 7: peat
    • 8: Agawam fine sandy loam
    • 9: Windsor loamy sand
    • 10: rock outcrop
    • 11: shallow peat
    • 12: made land
    • 13: Freetown muck
    • 14: Chatfield fine sandy loam
11. use: most intensive historical land-use
    • 1: cultivated
    • 2: improved pasture
    • 3: unimproved pasture
    • 4: woodlot
12. drainage: soil drainage
    • 1: somewhat excessively drained
    • 2: well drained
    • 3: moderately well drained
    • 4: poorly drained
    • 5: very poorly drained
    • 6: somewhat poorly drained
13. plantation: plantation
    • 1: yes
    • 0: no
14. scs: SCS (NRCS) soils analyses conducted
    • 1: yes
    • 0: no
15. moss: plots in which bryophytes were sampled
    • 1: yes
    • 0: no

hf015-02: trees

1. plot: plot number
2. species: species code
   • ACPE: Acer pensylvanicum
   • ACRU: Acer rubrum
   • ACSA: Acer saccharum
   • ACSP: Acer spicatum
   • AMSP: Amelanchier sp. (often this is considered a shrub)
   • ARSP: Aralia spinosa (not a tree)
   • BEAL: Betula alleghaniensis
   • BELE: Betula lenta
   • BEPA: Betula papyrifera
   • BEPO: Betula populifolia
   • CADE: Castanea dentata
   • FAGR: Fagus grandifolia
   • FRAM: Fraxinus americana
   • FRNI: Fraxinus nigra
   • JUVI: Juniperus virginiana
   • MASP: Malus sp.
   • NYSY: Nyssa sylvatica
   • OSVI: Ostrya virginiana
   • PHSP: Phellodendron sp.
   • PISP: Picea sp.
   • PIRE: Pinus resinosa
   • PIRU: Picea rubens
   • PIST: Pinus strobus
   • PISY: Pinus sylvestris
   • POSP: Polygonum sp. (not a tree)
   • POGR: Populus grandidentata
   • POTR: Populus tremuloides
   • PRPE: Prunus pensylvanica
   • PRSE: Prunus serotina
   • QUAL: Quercus alba
   • QURU: Quercus rubra
   • SOAM: Sorbus americana
   • THOC: Thuja occidentalis
   • TIAM: Tilia americana
   • TSCA: Tsuga canadensis
   • ULSP: Ulmus sp.
   • UNKN: Unknown sp.
3. dbh: diameter at breast height (unit: centimeter / missing value: NA)
4. status: status
   • L: live
   • D: dead
5. sprouts: within a plot, stems with the same sprout number (e.g. ‘S1’) share a base

hf015-03: understory

1. plot: sampling plot number
2. acpe: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
3. acru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
4. acsa: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
5. ag: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
6. ar: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
7. arnu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
8. artr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
9. as: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
   • 0: absent
   • 1: present
10. asac: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
11. asdi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
12. atfe: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
13. beal: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
14. bele: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
15. bepa: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
16. bepo: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
17. brer: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
18. casp: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
19. cadb: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
20. cade: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
21. cape: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
22. casw: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
23. catr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
24. clbo: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
25. co: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
26. coal: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
27. coca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
28. coco: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
29. cogr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
30. cr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
31. cyac: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
32. dare: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
33. dasp: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
34. depu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
35. drma: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
36. drsp: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
37. epre: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
38. fagr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
39. fram: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
40. gapr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
41. gr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
42. havi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
43. ilve: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
44. imca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
45. juco: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
46. kaan: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
47. kala: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
48. loca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
49. lyan: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
50. lycl: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
51. lyco: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
52. lylu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
53. lyob: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
54. lyqu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
55. maca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
56. mevi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
57. mire: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
58. mohy: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
59. moun: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
60. nemu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
61. nysy: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
62. onse: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
63. osci: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
64. oscl: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
65. paqu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
66. pi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
67. piru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
68. pist: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
69. poac: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
70. poci: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
71. popu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
72. posi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
73. pr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
74. prse: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
75. ptaq: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
76. py: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
77. qual: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
78. quru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
79. rh: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
80. rhra: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
81. ru1: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
82. rual: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
83. ruid: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
84. rupu: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
85. smra: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
86. so: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
87. soam: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
88. soru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
89. spla: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
90. thno: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
91. thsi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
92. trbo: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
93. trun: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
94. tsca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
95. un: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
96. uvse: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
97. vaan: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
98. vaco: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
99. vava: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
    • 0: absent
    • 1: present
100. vi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
101. viac: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
102. vial: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
103. vica: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
104. vide: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
105. vio: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
106. tacpe: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
107. tacru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
108. tacsa: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
109. tbeal: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
110. tbele: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
111. tbepa: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
112. tbepo: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
113. tcade: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
114. tfagr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
115. tfram: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
116. tnysy: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
117. tpi: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
118. tpire: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
119. tpiru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
120. tpist: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
121. tpogr: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
122. tprse: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
123. tqual: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
124. tquru: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present
125. ttsca: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
     • 0: absent
     • 1: present

hf015-04: mosses

1. plot: sampling plot number
2. species: species code
   • ANAT: Anomodon attenuatus
   • ANRU: Andreaea rupestris
   • ANSP: Anacamptodon splachnoides
   • ATAN: Atrichum angustatum
   • ATCR: Atrichum crispum
   • ATUN: Atrichum undulatum
   • AUPA: Aulacomnium palustre
   • BATR: Bazzania trilobata
   • BRCU: Brachythecium curtum
   • BRNO: Bryhnia novae-angeliae
   • BROX: Brachythecium oxycladon, & other large, plicate Brachy.
   • BRPS: Bryum pseudotriquetrum
   • BRRC: Bryoerthrophyllum recurvirostre
   • BRRE: Brotherella recurvans
   • BRRF: Brachythecium reflexum
   • BRRU: Brachythecium rutabulum
   • BRSA: Brachythecium cf. salebrosum
   • BRTU: Brachythecium turgidum
   • CAFI: Calypogeia fissa
   • CAHA: Callicladium haldanianum
   • CESP: Cephaloziella sp.
   • DIAP: Diplophyllum apiculatum
   • DIFL: Dicranum flagellare
   • DIFO: Diphyscium foliosum
   • DIFU: Dicranum fulvum
   • DIHE: Dicranella heteromalla
   • DIMO: Dicranum montanum
   • DIPO: Dicranum polysetum
   • DISC: Dicranum scoparium
   • DIVI: Dicranum viride
   • ENSE: Entodon seductrix
   • FRSP: Frullania sp.
   • GRAP: Grimmia apocarpa
   • HECI: Hedwigia ciliata
   • HEST: Herzogiella striatella
   • HYIM: Hypnum imponens
   • HYPA: Hypnum pallescens
   • JAAU: Jamesoniella autumnalis
   • JUPU: Jungermannia cf. pumila
   • LEGL: Leucobryum glaucum
   • LERE: Lepidozia reptans
   • LOSP: Lophocolea sp.
   • MESP: Metzguria sp.
   • MNAF: Mnium affine, and possibly M. cuspidata
   • MNHO: Mnium hornum
   • MNPU: Mnium punctatum, M. cinclidiodes
   • NOCU: Nowellia curvifolia
   • ODDE: Odontoschisma denudatum, etc.
   • ORRU: Orthotrichum rupestre
   • PALO: Paraleucobryum longifolium
   • PALY: Pallavicinia lyellii
   • PLCA: Plagiothecium cavifolium
   • PLLA: Plagiothecium laetum
   • PLRE: Platygyrium repens
   • PLSC: Pleurozium schreberi
   • PLSU: Pleurodium subulatum
   • POCO: Polytrichum commune
   • POJU: Polytrichum juniperinum
   • PONU: Pohlia nutans
   • POPL: Porella platyphylla
   • PSTE: Pseudoleskeella tectorum
   • PTCR: Ptilium crista-castrensis
   • PTFI: Pterigynandrum filiforme
   • PTSP: Ptilidium sp. (P. ciliare, P. pulcherrimum)
   • RACO: Radula complanata
   • SCNE: Scapania nemorea
   • SPCA: Sphagnum capillifolium
   • SPGI: Sphagnum cf. girgensonii
   • SPSP: Sphagnum section Sphagnum
   • SPTE: Sphagnum teres
   • STSE: Steerecleus serrulatus
   • SUBS: Substrate
   • TEPE: Tetraphis pellucida
   • THDE: Thuidium delicatulum
   • ULCO: Ulota coarctata
   • ULCR: Ulota crispa
3. soil: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: soil
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
4. mound: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: mound
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
5. dead: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: dead wood
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
6. base: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: base of trees
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
7. live: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: live trees
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
8. rock: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: rocks
   • 1: present
   • 2: abundant
   • 3: very abundant
9. total: for each species, the estimated abundance of each bryophyte species summed across substrates and transformed into an index of total abundance ranging from 0-4

hf015-05: soils

1. plot: plot.92 (185 of the 269 plots had soils sampled)
2. pit: pit within the plot (3 pits within most plots; 3 plots only have 2 pits)
3. om: percent organic matter (%); Harvard Forest lab analysis (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
4. bdgcc: bulk density, corrected for gravel (g/cm3); HF lab analysis (unit: gramsPerCubicCentimeter / missing value: NA)
5. bdgcc.corr: bulk density corrected for plastic sleeve used inside the corer. Column 4 (bdgcc) was calculated based on volume of a 5cm corer. However, with the plastic sleeve, the actual diameter of the soil core is 4.7cm. Therefore, bdgcc is multiplied by (2.5^2.5)/(2.35^2.35)...the pi in the area formula cancels out. (unit: gramsPerCubicCentimeter / missing value: NA)
6. ph: pH determined using 1:2 mineral soil in HF lab (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
7. gravel: percent gravel (%); HF lab analysis (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
8. siltclay: percent silt & clay, uncorrected for organic matter (%); HF lab analysis (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
9. clay: total percent clay (%); analysis by Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Lab in Lincoln, NE (NRCS) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
10. silt: total % silt (%); analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
11. sand: total % sand (%);analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
12. fsi: % fine silt (%);analysis by NRCS ms: % medium sand (%); analysis by Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Lab in Lincoln, NE (NRCS) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
13. cosi: % fine silt (%);analysis by NRCS ms: % medium sand (%); analysis by Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Lab in Lincoln, NE (NRCS) (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
14. vfs: % very fine sand; analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
15. fs: % fine sand; analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
16. ms: % medium sand; analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
17. cos: % coarse sand (%);analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
18. vcos: % very coarse sand; analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
19. ceccly: ratio of Cation Exchange Capacity to clay; analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
20. cax: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01); analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
21. mgx: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01) analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
22. nax: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01) analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
23. kx: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01) analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
24. sumb: sum of NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01) analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
25. cec: NH4OAc cation exchange capacity (cmol(+)/kg, detection limit 0.01) analysis by NRCS (unit: centimolePerKilogram / missing value: NA)
26. bsat: NH4OAc base saturation % analysis by NRCS (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
27. cgkg: total soil C, using Fison CHN at HF lab (says g/kg but low by a factor of 100) (unit: gramsPerKilogram / missing value: NA)
28. ngkg: total soil N, using Fison CHN at HF lab (says g/kg but low by a factor of 100) (unit: gramsPerKilogram / missing value: NA)
29. gcgsoil: like cgkg but units corrected so they are grams C per g soil (unit: gramsPerGram / missing value: NA)
30. gngsoil: like ngkg but units corrected so they are grams N per g soil (unit: gramsPerGram / missing value: NA)
31. cn: based on the Fison CHN measurements; the C:N ratio (unit: dimensionless / missing value: NA)
32. soils.13: soil sampling in 2013
    • 1: soils sampled in 2013 from this plot
    • 0: no soil sampling from this plot in 2013

hf015-06: Prospect Hill 1992 species list

1. type: plant or moss
2. number: number
3. code: species code
4. species: species name

hf015-07: plot locations

• Compression: zip
• Format: Esri shapefile
• Type: vector GIS