On group 1's plot, we had 9 data points from which we collected our tree data. These data plots were evenly spaced accross the plot, forming 3x3 lines. Each plot was a circle with a radius of 5m (~79m2). In each plot we took note of the trees that fell within the plot - species, height, and diameter breast height. With these numbers, we were able to calculate totals for the entire hectare. There was a total of 36.7 ft2 of basal area per hectare, or 156,933.7 board feet per hectare.
Due to the tree species and understory plants we found in the plot, we concluded that our hectare is mostly Mesic Maple-Ash-Hickory Forest. The species that indicated this were shagbark hickories, sugar and red maples, white ash, American basswood, hophornbeam, and Northern red oak.
Some of the more common herbaceous species that we found are hepatica, trillium, maidenhair fern, wild ginger, and bloodroot.
bloodroot, hepatica, and maidenhair fern.
The excel data with the data for the nine plots we had in our hectare, with information on all the trees. http://www.uvm.edu/~ddrummey/Tree%20Inventory.xlsx
Donovan:
ReplyDeleteThe photos used throughout get me — and any other readers — onto the site. The one of you and Walter (?) in the rain really gets what a number of the days out there FELT like, no?