Characterization of eastern US spruce-fir soils. Book chapter

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6755110

Fernandez, I J

The spruce-fir forest of the eastern United States encompasses a diverse range of edaphic conditions due to differences in surficial geology, mineralogy, elevation, and climate. This chapter describes the characteristics of soils supporting eastern spruce-fir ecosystems, including soil properties that are important in understanding forest function and the consequences of atmospheric deposition to forested ecosystems. Chapter 1 describes the silvical characteristics of the spruce-fir forest. The Spruce-Fir Research Cooperative included six intensive study sites; five were high-elevation research sites located from western North Carolina to New Hampshire, with one low-elevation site in Maine. Information gained from research at these sites, and other relevant research from these regions, provides the basis for this description of eastern U. S. spruce-fir soils.

• Research Organization: Maine Univ., Orono, ME (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6755110
• Report Number(s): PB-93-141133/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Ecology and Decline of Red Spruce in the Eastern United States, 40-63(1992). See also PB--93-141125
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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