Soil Carbon and Other Quality Indicators
in Managed Northern Forests
Home

Methods

Summary of Results

Contact Us

Research Sites:
ATLAS Land
Coolidge SF
Emerald Lake SP
Green Mountain NF
Groton SF
Hinesburg TF
Jericho RF (JRF)    
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NP
Starksboro TF
Steam Mill Brook WMA
Sterling TF
The Waterworks Property
Willoughby SF

Starksboro Town Forest
2 sites - map below
STK- Northern Hardwood Forest

Elevation: 333 m - 1,093 ft
Average aspect: 215° (SW)
Average slope: 13°		SKR- Enriched Northern Hardwood Forest

Elevation: 339 m - 1,145 ft
Average aspect: 278° (W)
Average slope: 24°
Site History: This site is located in management unit E, stand 9, defined as Northern Hardwood Multiple use. Stone walls and plowed soil layers are evidences that the site was used for agriculture in the recent past.
Stand Age: approx. 60 years		Site History: This site is located in management unit A, stand 2, defined as Red-Oak- Northern Hardwood Multiple use.

Stand Age: approx. 60-100 years
STK - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 13.9 m - 45.6 ft		SKR - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 13.5 m - 44.3 ft
Percent of total basal area occupied by each tree species:
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 26.1%
White Ash Fraxinus americana 22.6%
Red Oak Quercus rubra 21.0%
Red Maple Acer rubrum 12.8%
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera 9.0%
Black Cherry Prunus serotina 5.0%
American Hophornbeam/ Ironwood Ostrya virginiana 2.8%
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 0.7%
Red Oak Quercus rubra 21.6%
Black Cherry Prunus serotina 19.4%
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 18.7%
Red Maple Acer rubrum 15.4%
American Beech Fagus grandifolia 9.9%
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera 5.0%
American Hophornbeam/ Ironwood Ostrya virginiana 4.9%
White Ash Fraxinus americana 3.3%
Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis 1.6%
Red Spruce Picea rubens 0.1%

Living tree and sapling biomass (dry weight):
254.9 Mg/ha - 113.7 ton/acre211.9 Mg/ha - 94.5 ton/acre

Carbon stored in living trees and saplings:
127.5 Mg/ha106.0 Mg/ha
STK- Forest Floor and Soil:SKR- Forest Floor and Soil:
Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: Dummerston

Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Dummerston

Soil Pit 5

Soil Series: Dummerston

Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: Dummerston


Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Taconic
Soil Pit 5
Soil Series: Taconic
Site Map:
Home Page   |   Contact Us   |   Summary of Results   |   Methods
ATLAS Land  |  Coolidge SF  |   Emerald Lake SP  |  Green Mountain NF  |  Groton SF  |  Hinesburg TF  
Jericho RF  |   Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NP  |  Starksboro TF  |  Steam Mill Brook WMA 
Sterling TF  |  The Waterworks Property  |  Willoughby SF