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Land Use and Forest Dynamics at Harvard Forest
HF015 EML Publications Archive
Data
Overview
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Lead: David Foster, Glenn Motzkin
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Investigators: Arthur Allen, Paul Wilson
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Contact: David Foster
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Start date: 1937-01-01
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End date: 1995-12-31
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Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
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Latitude: +42.53 to +42.55
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Longitude: -72.20 to -72.17
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Elevation: 280 to 420 meters
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Taxa:
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Research topic: historical, community, soil
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Study type: short-term measurement, modeling
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LTER core area: inorganic nutrients, disturbance
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Keywords: land-use history, soil
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Release date: 2003
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EML version: knb-lter-hfr.15.9
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Revisions:
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Related links:
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Abstract:
Modern vegetation patterns have developed as a result of species response to environmental gradients, disturbance history, and biotic interactions. However, the relative importance of environmental versus historical factors in determining modern species distributions may differ from site to site and may change with increasing time since disturbance. In addition, life-forms may differ in their response to environmental versus historical disturbance gradients. In the current study, we relate vegetation patterns across the Prospect Hill Tract of Harvard Forest to variability in edaphic factors and disturbance histories.
Modern species distribution patterns are related to both edaphic and disturbance gradients. Although species respond individualistically to edaphic and disturbance gradients, land-use history, soil drainage, and C:N ratio are good predictors of the distribution of many species. In contrast, 1938 hurricane damage is less important. Vascular species richness is related to historical land-use, with fewer species in historical woodlots than on former agricultural sites. This is contrary to what has been reported from several other studies, and may reflect the dominance of historical woodlots in the study area by hemlock, a species that creates environmental (i.e. light and soil)
conditions that are unsuitable for many species. Historical land-use does not appear to influence bryophyte species richness, although the distributions of several species do follow patterns of land-use. Species richness also varies according to soil drainage, with higher bryophyte, herb, and shrub richness and lower overstory and understory tree richness on wetter sites.
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Methods:
Vascular vegetation was sampled on 269 1/8th acre (22.5 x 22.5 m) plots and bryophytes were sampled on a subset of 105 plots. Many of the plots had been previously sampled in 1937 as part of the Harvard Forest inventory. A comprehensive data set of edaphic variables developed for these plots includes soil drainage, texture, organic matter content, bulk density, pH, CEC, base saturation, cation concentrations, and C:N ratio. Field and archival records were used to summarize disturbance histories for each plot, including historical land-use, date of abandonment, 1938 hurricane damage, and fire and forest management history.
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Use:
This dataset is released to the public and may be freely downloaded. Please keep the designated Contact person informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation or collaboration with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset must include proper acknowledgement. For more information on LTER Network data access and use policies, please see: http://www.lternet.edu/data/netpolicy.html.
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Citation:
Foster D, Motzkin G. 2003. Land Use and Forest Dynamics at Harvard Forest. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF015.
Detailed Metadata
hf015-01: plots
- PLOT: sampling plot number
- ASPECT: aspect measured by compass (degrees) (number
)
- SLOPE: slope (degrees) (number
)
- POSITION: landscape position
- RELIEF: relief
- ROCKS: cover-abundance of rocks
- 0: none
- 1: less than 1%
- 2: 1-3%
- 3: less than 5%
- 4: 5-15%
- 5: 16-25%
- 6: 26-50%
- 7: 51-75%
- 8: greater than 75%
- HURRICANE: 1938 hurricane damage (1-6)
- FIRE1957: 1957 fire
- ABANDON: abandonment date for sites that were cleared for agriculture. After Foster map of abandonment in HF Archives. (YYYY)
- SERIES: soil series
- 1: Canton loam
- 2: Whitman loam
- 3: Montauk fine sandy loam
- 4: Scituate loam
- 5: Charlton loam
- 6: Brookfield loam
- 7: peat
- 8: Agawam fine sandy loam
- 9: Windsor loamy sand
- 10: rock outcrop
- 11: shallow peat
- 12: made land
- 13: Freetown muck
- 14: Chatfield fine sandy loam
- USE: most intensive historical land-use
- 1: cultivated
- 2: improved pasture
- 3: unimproved pasture
- 4: woodlot
- DRAINAGE: soil drainage
- 1: somewhat excessively drained
- 2: well drained
- 3: woodlot
- 4: poorly drained
- 5: very poorly drained
- 6: somewhat poorly drained
- PLANTATION: plantation
- SCS: SCS (NRCS) soils analyses conducted
- MOSS: plots in which bryophytes were sampled
hf015-02: trees
- PLOT: plot number
- SPECIES: species code
- ACPE: Acer pensylvanicum
- ACRU: Acer rubrum
- ACSA: Acer saccharum
- ACSP: Acer spicatum
- AM: Amelanchier sp.
- ARSP: Aralia spinosa
- BEAL: Betula alleghaniensis
- BELE: Betula lenta
- BEPA: Betula papyrifera
- BEPO: Betula populifolia
- CADE: Castanea dentata
- FAGR: Fagus grandifolia
- FRAM: Fraxinus americana
- FRNI: Fraxinus nigra
- JUVI: Juniperus virginiana
- MA: Malus sp.
- NYSY: Nyssa sylvatica
- OSVI: Ostrya virginiana
- PH: Phellodendron sp.
- PI: Picea sp.
- PIRE: Pinus resinosa
- PIRU: Picea rubens
- PIST: Pinus strobus
- PISY: Pinus sylvestris
- PO: Polygonum sp.
- POGR: Populus grandidentata
- POTR: Populus tremuloides
- PRPE: Prunus pensylvanica
- PRSE: Prunus serotina
- QUAL: Quercus alba
- QURU: Quercus rubra
- REDpi: ?
- SOAM: Sorbus americana
- THOC: Thuja occidentalis
- TIAM: Tilia americana
- TSCA: Tsuga canadensis
- UL: Ulmus sp.
- UN: Unknown sp.
- DIAMETER: diameter at breast height (centimeter
)
- STATUS: status
- SPROUTS: sprouts were assigned the same number
hf015-03: understory
- PLOT: sampling plot number
- ACPE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ACRU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ACSA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- AG: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- AR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ARNU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ARTR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- AS: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ASAC: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ASDI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ATFE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- BEAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- BELE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- BEPA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- BEPO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- BRER: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CASP: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CADB: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CADE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CAPE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CASW: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CATR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CLBO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- COAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- COCA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- COCO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- COGR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- CYAC: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- DARE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- DASP: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- DEPU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- DRMA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- DRSP: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- EPRE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- FAGR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- FRAM: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- GAPR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- GR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- HAVI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ILVE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- IMCA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- JUCO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- KAAN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- KALA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LOCA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYAN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYCL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYCO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYLU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYOB: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- LYQU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- MACA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- MEVI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- MIRE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- MOHY: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- MOUN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- NEMU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- NYSY: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- ONSE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- OSCI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- OSCL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PAQU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PIRU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PIST: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- POAC: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- POCI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- POPU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- POSI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PRSE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PTAQ: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- PY: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- QUAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- QURU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RH: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RHRA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RU1: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RUAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RUID: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- RUPU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- SMRA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- SO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- SOAM: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- SORU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- SPLA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- THNO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- THSI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TRBO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TRUN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TSCA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- UN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- UVSE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VAAN: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VACO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VAVA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VIAC: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VIAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VICA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VIDE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- VIO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TACPE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TACRU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TACSA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TBEAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TBELE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TBEPA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TBEPO: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TCADE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TFAGR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TFRAM: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TNYSY: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPI: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPIRE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPIRU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPIST: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPOGR: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TPRSE: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TQUAL: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TQURU: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
- TTSCA: presence or absence of all herb, shrub, and sapling (less than 2.5 cm dbh) species
hf015-04: mosses
- PLOT: sampling plot number
- SPECIES: species code
- ANAT: Anomodon attenuatus
- ANRU: Andreaea rupestris
- ANSP: Anacamptodon splachnoides
- ATAN: Atrichum angustatum
- ATCR: Atrichum crispum
- ATUN: Atrichum undulatum
- AUPA: Aulacomnium palustre
- BATR: Bazzania trilobata
- BRCU: Brachythecium curtum
- BRNO: Bryhnia novae-angeliae
- BROX: Brachythecium oxycladon, & other large, plicate Brachy.
- BRPS: Bryum pseudotriquetrum
- BRRC: Bryoerthrophyllum recurvirostre
- BRRE: Brotherella recurvans
- BRRF: Brachythecium reflexum
- BRRU: Brachythecium rutabulum
- BRSA: Brachythecium cf. salebrosum
- BRTU: Brachythecium turgidum
- CAFI: Calypogeia fissa
- CAHA: Callicladium haldanianum
- CESP: Cephaloziella sp.
- DIAP: Diplophyllum apiculatum
- DIFL: Dicranum flagellare
- DIFO: Diphyscium foliosum
- DIFU: Dicranum fulvum
- DIHE: Dicranella heteromalla
- DIMO: Dicranum montanum
- DIPO: Dicranum polysetum
- DISC: Dicranum scoparium
- DIVI: Dicranum viride
- ENSE: Entodon seductrix
- FRSP: Frullania sp.
- GRAP: Grimmia apocarpa
- HECI: Hedwigia ciliata
- HEST: Herzogiella striatella
- HYIM: Hypnum imponens
- HYPA: Hypnum pallescens
- JAAU: Jamesoniella autumnalis
- JUPU: Jungermannia cf. pumila
- LEGL: Leucobryum glaucum
- LERE: Lepidozia reptans
- LOSP: Lophocolea sp.
- MESP: Metzguria sp.
- MNAF: Mnium affine, and possibly M. cuspidata
- MNHO: Mnium hornum
- MNPU: Mnium punctatum, M. cinclidiodes
- NOCU: Nowellia curvifolia
- ODDE: Odontoschisma denudatum, etc.
- ORRU: Orthotrichum rupestre
- PALO: Paraleucobryum longifolium
- PALY: Pallavicinia lyellii
- PLCA: Plagiothecium cavifolium
- PLLA: Plagiothecium laetum
- PLRE: Platygyrium repens
- PLSC: Pleurozium schreberi
- PLSU: Pleurodium subulatum
- POCO: Polytrichum commune
- POJU: Polytrichum juniperinum
- PONU: Pohlia nutans
- POPL: Porella platyphylla
- PSTE: Pseudoleskeella tectorum
- PTCR: Ptilium crista-castrensis
- PTFI: Pterigynandrum filiforme
- PTSP: Ptilidium sp. (P. ciliare, P. pulcherrimum)
- RACO: Radula complanata
- SCNE: Scapania nemorea
- SPCA: Sphagnum capillifolium
- SPGI: Sphagnum cf. girgensonii
- SPSP: Sphagnum section Sphagnum
- SPTE: Sphagnum teres
- STSE: Steerecleus serrulatus
- SUBS: Substrate
- TEPE: Tetraphis pellucida
- THDE: Thuidium delicatulum
- ULCO: Ulota coarctata
- ULCR: Ulota crispa
- SOIL: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: soil
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- MOUND: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: mound
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- DEAD: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: dead wood
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- BASE: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: base of trees
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- LIVE: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: live trees
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- ROCK: estimated abundance of each bryophyte species in 1994 on the following substrate: rocks
- 1: present
- 2: abundant
- 3: very abundant
- TOTAL: for each species, the estimated abundance of each bryophyte species summed across substrates and transformed into an index of total abundance ranging from 0-4
hf015-05: soils
- PIT: plot + pit designation
- CLAY: total % clay (dimensionless
)
- SILT: total % silt (dimensionless
)
- SAND: total % sand (dimensionless
)
- FSi: % fine silt (dimensionless
)
- CoSi: % coarse silt (dimensionless
)
- VFS: % very fine sand (dimensionless
)
- FS: % fine silt (dimensionless
)
- MS: % medium sand (dimensionless
)
- CoS: % coarse sand (dimensionless
)
- VCoS: % very coarse sand (dimensionless
)
- CECCL: ratio of Cation Exchange Capacity to clay (dimensionless
)
- CAX: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- MGX: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- NaX: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- KX: NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- SUMB: sum of NH4OAc extractable (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- CEC: NH4OAc cation exchange capacity (cmol(+)/kg) (number
)
- BSAT: NH4OAc base saturation % (dimensionless
)
hf015-06: Prospect Hill 1992 species list
- type: plant or moss
- number: number
- code: species code
- spname: species name
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