Soil Carbon and Other Quality Indicators
in Managed Northern Forests
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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

ATLAS Land
2 sites - map below
"Eden-Craftsbury" on Garfield Rd
GAR- Northern Hardwood Forest
"Eden-Square" on Square Rd
SQU- Enriched Northern Hardwood Forest
Elevation: 488 m - 1,601 ft
Average aspect: 97° (E)
Average slope: 16°
Elevation: 589 m - 1,932 ft
Average aspect: 100° (E)
Average slope: 15°
GAR - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 12.61 m - 41.4 ft
SQU - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 15.99 m - 52.5 ft

Percent of total basal area occupied by each tree species:
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 61.3%
White Ash Fraxinus americana 28.8%
American Beech Fagus grandifolia 6.1%
Striped Maple/ Moose Maple Acer pennsylvanicum 2.4%
Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis 1.0%
Black Cherry Prunus serotina 0.5%
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 96.5%
Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis 1.9%
White Ash Fraxinus americana 1.6%





Living tree and sapling biomass (dry weight):
159.5 Mg/ha - 71.1 ton/acre237.3 Mg/ha - 105.8 ton/acre

Carbon stored in living trees and saplings:
79.7 Mg/ha
118.6 Mg/ha
GAR- Forest Floor and Soil: SQU- Forest Floor and Soil:
Soil Pit 1

Soil Series: Tunbridge

Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: 
Buckland

Soil Pit 3

Soil Series: Lyman
Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Buckland

Soil Pit 5

Soil Series: Tunbridge
Soil Pit 5
Soil Series: Shelburne
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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