AmeriFlux US-Oho Oak Openings

Dataset · Thu Apr 07 20:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246089· OSTI ID:1246089

Chen, Jiquan ^[1]; Chu, Housen; Noormets, Asko

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1. University of Toledo / Michigan State University

This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-Oho Oak Openings. Site Description - The Ohio Oak Openings site is located within the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark of northwest Ohio, one of the few remaining oak woodlands/savanna/prairie complexes in the Midwest. Declared one of the "One of America's Last Great Places" by the Nature Conservancy the area consists of four main vegetation types: Oak Woodlands, Oak Savanna, Floodplain Forests and Wet Prairies. The stand surrounding the tower is mainly Oak Woodlands dominated by red, white and black oaks with a relatively abundant population of red maples indicating high soil moisture retention and a history of limited fire disturbances. Most of the area was cleared for agriculture at the time of Euro-American settlements in the mid to late-19th century. A large fraction of the cleared land was later abandoned due to the poor sandy soils. These areas reverted to Oak Savannas and in cases where fire was limited progressively made the transition to Oak Woodlands. Today patches of the forest are burned every few years as part of prescribed burning cycle to control stand density.

• Research Organization: University of Toledo / Michigan State University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDA
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1246089
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English