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

Coolidge State Forest
2 sites - map below
NIN- Spruce-Fir Forest

Elevation: 553 m - 1,814 ft
Average aspect: 182° (S)
Average slope:
PCB- Enriched Northern Hardwood Forest

Elevation: 651 m - 2,135 ft
Average aspect: 193° (S-SW)
Average slope:  10°


NIN - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 9.97 m - 32.7 ft
PCB - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 12.14 m - 39.83 ft

Percent of total basal area occupied by each tree species:
Balsam FirAbies balsamea47.3%
Red MapleAcer rubrum37.3%
Black CherryPrunus serotina5.1%
Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis4.3%
Red SprucePicea rubens4.0%
American hornbeam/ Musclewood Carpinus caroliniana 1.2%
Cherry Prunus sp 0.5%
American BeechFagus grandifolia0.2%
Sugar MapleAcer saccharum53.6%
White AshFraxinus americana20.4%
American Beech Fagus grandifolia 17.3%
Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis8.2%
Striped Maple/
Moose Maple
Acer pennsylvanicum0.5%




Living tree and sapling biomass
(dry weight):
158.1 Mg/ha - 70.5 ton/acre212.6 Mg/ha - 94.8 ton/acre

Carbon stored in living trees and saplings:
79.1 Mg/ha
106.3 Mg/ha
NIN- Forest Floor and Soil: PCB- Forest Floor and Soil:
Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: Peru

Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: 
Peru

Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Peru
Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Peru
Soil Pit 5
Soil Series: Peru
Soil Pit 5
Soil Series: Colonel
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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