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

Groton State Forest
1 site - map below
GRO- Spruce Fir Forest

Elevation: 424 m - 1,391 ft
Average aspect: 245° (SW)
Average slope:
GRO - Aboveground Biomass:
Average Tree Height: 11.24 m - 36.9 ft

Percent of total basal area occupied by each tree species:

Red Spruce Picea rubens 44.4%
Red Maple Acer rubrum 31.9%
Balsam Fir Abies balsamea 17.1%
Poplar/ Aspen Populus sp. 6.4%
Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis 0.2%

Living tree and sapling biomass
(dry weight): 128.8 Mg/ha - 57.4 ton/acre

Carbon stored in living trees and saplings: 64.4 Mg/ha

GRO- Forest Floor and Soil:
Soil Pit 1
Soil Series: Colonel





Soil Pit 3
Soil Series: Colonel


Soil Pit 5
Soil Series: Very Bouldery Cabot or Skeletal Cabot
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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