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Publication Details

Title:
Red alder soil-site study
Author(s):
Harrington, Constance A.
Publication Year:
2019
How to Cite:
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Harrington, Constance A. 2019. Red alder soil-site study. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0032
Abstract:
There were several data sets collected in 25- to 50-year-old, well stocked, natural red alder stands in western Washington and northwestern Oregon between April and December of 1982. These were designed to develop relationships between red alder site index and soil site properties, and to evaluate height growth patterns from stem analysis data as well as to collect additional data on tree and stand characteristics in natural stands. This data publication contains the data from this study. The site data included elevation, slope, precipitation, and physiographic position. The soil data included soil texture, organic matter, pH, internal drainage, soil depth, rock and gravel content, depth to summer water table, parent material, and bulk density. In addition, a subset of stands had dominant and codominant trees felled and stem sections aged and measured for diameter.

Keywords:
biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Soil; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; site quality; site index; red alder; Alnus rubra; elevation; bulk density; pH; soil drainage; soil texture; depth to water table; soil parent material; physiographic position; stem analysis; stand structure; tree diameter; tree height; western Washington; northwestern Oregon
Related publications:
  • Harrington, Constance A. 1986. A method of site quality evaluation for red alder. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-192. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-192
  • Harrington, Constance A.; Curtis, Robert O. 1985. Height growth and site index curves for red alder. Research Paper. PNW-RP-358. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 14 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-358
  • Harrington, Constance A.; Courtin, Paul J. 1994. Evaluation of site quality for red alder. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. pp. 141-158. In: Hibbs, David E.; Debell, Dean S.; Tarrant, Robert F. 1994. Biology and management of red alder. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. 272 p.; ISBN 978-0-87071-382-8.
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