Title:

Fernow Experimental Forest: Growth and productivity data for a 45-year-old Norway spruce plantation

Author(s):

Adams, Mary Beth; Kelly, Charlene; Simpson, Brian

Publication Year:

2021

How to Cite:

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Adams, Mary Beth; Kelly, Charlene; Simpson, Brian. 2021. Fernow Experimental Forest: Growth and productivity data for a 45-year-old Norway spruce plantation. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0034

Abstract:

In 1973, as part of research addressing the timing, volume, and source of streamflows, a 22.34 hectare (ha) watershed on the Fernow Experimental Forest was planted with Norway spruce (Picea abies). This data publication includes the growth and productivity data of this unusual Norway spruce plantation over the intervening 45 years, which provides information on stand density, incursion of native hardwoods, and reaction to a major disturbance, Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The Fernow Experimental Forest is a 4,600 acre outdoor laboratory near Parsons, WV. The data included in this publication were collected in July 2018 on 18 plots and include plot number, tree species, diameter at breast height, crown class (dominant, co-dominant, intermediate, or suppressed), and status (live or dead).

Keywords:

biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; Norway spruce; stand dynamics; long-term research; watershed research; Fernow Experimental Forest; West Virginia; Monongahela National Forest

Related publications:

• Adams, Mary Beth; Kelly, Charlene; Simpson, Brian; Juracko, John. 2020. Growth and productivity of a 45-year-old Norway spruce plantation on the Fernow Experimental Forest. Research Note. NRS-RN-253. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 11 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-RN-253

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