Monday, July 3, 2017
Dabney S. Lancaster Community
College
Clifton Forge, Virginia
No photos today -- crunching data and working on computers doesn't give good photo-ops!
So here's a summary of our findings:
June 28, 2017. Greenbrier State Forest, Caldwell, WV
Preliminary Results
| Transect Location Transect Aspect is North-South |
Team 1 Old Fields Trail |
Team 2 Black Bear Trail |
| Elevation (m) | 640 | 716 |
| Slope Aspect (°) | 280 (W) | 0 (N) |
| Slope Inclination (%) | 28 | 10 |
| Transect Inclination (%) | 2 | 10 |
| Tree Density (Stems/Hectare) | 1,249 | 1,428 |
| Tree Basal Area (m2/hectare) | 26.9 | 25.4 |
| Sapling Density (Stems/Hectare) | 160 | 640 |
| Seedling Density (Stems/Hectare) | 15,075 | 36,984 |
| Shrub Density (Stems/Hectare) | 71,824 | 21,373 |
| Tree Species Richness | 8 | 13 |
| Sapling Species Richness | 2 | 5 |
| Seedling Species Richness | 8 | 17 |
| Shrub Species Richness | 5 | 3 |
| Herbaceous Cover (%) | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Bryophyte (Moss) Cover (%) | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| Rock Cover (%) | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| Woody Debris Cover (%) | 14.5 | 8.8 |
"DBH" means "Diameter at Breast Height" and is a measure of how big a tree is.
Team 2 had some large trees! Team 1 was much more usual.
The line shows the dbh sizes over the past 12 years (24 transects).
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Updated 7/4/17