Title:

Thinning the 1927 “Graveyard” red pine stands in the Cutfoot Experimental Forest

Author(s):

Kastendick, Douglas N.; Palik, Brian J.

Publication Year:

2020

How to Cite:

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Kastendick, Douglas N.; Palik, Brian J. 2020. Thinning the 1927 “Graveyard” red pine stands in the Cutfoot Experimental Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0024

Abstract:

We provide historical silvicultural data from the “Graveyard” plots located on the Cutfoot Experimental Forest which is in north-central Minnesota within the Chippewa National Forest (known as the Minnesota National Forest at the time of plot establishment). The data included in this publication document the results of thinning red pine. Four plots were established in 1927 with different spacing and were reassessed in 1932, 1937, 1944, 1949, and 1953. Plots included 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 foot spacing as well as a control plot. Data are provided in three comma-delimited ASCII text files which contain 1) diameter at breast height (DBH), crown class, and height measurements of mainly red (Norway) pine on four different plots (plots 22-25) between 1927 and 1953; 2) DBH and height measurements of all 4 plots in 1973; and 3) abundance of vegetation within the plots in 1932.

Keywords:

biota; economy; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Forest Products; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Resource inventory; Natural Resource Management & Use; Economics; Forest management; Timber; red pine; Norway pine; Pinus resinosa; forest thinning; timber growth; Cutfoot Experimental Forest; Minnesota; Graveyard plots; Chippewa National Forest; Minnesota National Forest

Related publications:

• Schantz-Hansen, T. 1928. The effect of overstocking on a fifteen-year-old stand of Norway pine. Journal of Forestry. 26: 544-545.
• Kastendick, Douglas N.; Palik, Brian J. 202002. Thinning the 1927 “Common Sense” young Norway-jack pine stands in the Cutfoot Experimental Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0023

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