Presettlement Forests of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in Western New York

Seischab, Franz K.

doi:10.2307/2997126

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“…In Potter County, white pine grew in "great forests" along many of the river valleys and creeks to the north and on ridge tops and hillsides to the south (Goodlett 1954). In the Allegheny Plateau of western New York, white pine in the original forest was concentrated in the southern counties in a dissected landscape of river drainages, where it formed part of oak-chestnut-pine and pine-beech-hemlock-white oak forests (Seischab 1990). In the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, white pine represented about 10% of the witness trees and dominated cove forests and, to a lesser extent, stream valleys (Abrams and Ruffner 1995).…”

Section: White Pine Witness Tree Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Abrams¹

2001

BioScience

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Section: White Pine Witness Tree Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Abrams¹

2001

BioScience

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“…Lutz (1930) presented similar findings, citing the low frequency of black cherry and yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipijera L.). Beech and sugar maple were the most widely distributed species in western New York (Seischab, 1990). Seischab and Orwig (1991) supported the view that the presettlement forest contained a large component of "steady state7' communities, primarily due to a lack of catastrophic disturbance other than occasional windthrow events.…”

Section: Presettlement Forestmentioning

confidence: 49%

Forest Resources and Conditions

McWilliams¹,

Heath²,

Reese³

et al. 2000

Ecological Studies

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“…There appears to be evidence from historical records that sugar maple-beech was a more representative association than oak-hickory because both sugar maple and beech were dominant and longlived species with similar traits that represent forests after long periods without disturbance, perhaps a true "climax" association (Seischab 1990, Fuller et al 1998, Bürgi et al 2000, Lorimer 2001, Cogbill et al 2002, Whitney & DeCant 2003, Wang et al 2010, Thomas-Van Gundy & Strager 2012. Additionally, in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, historical rank-order correlation was 0.87 (B. Hanberry, unpublished data).…”

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Disassociating tree species associations in the eastern United States

Hanberry¹

2014

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionPlant ecologists have spent well over a century defining plant associations along successional pathways (Pound & Clements 1898, Schmelz & Lindsey 1970. Clements (1936) influenced plant classifications in both the United States and Great Britain (Whittaker 1978), andBraun (1950) applied Clementsian classifications throughout the eastern United States. Initial terminology for species associations and other vegetation units became elaborate with many competing terms (Moss 1910, Braun 1935. For example, a hierarchical system for the vegetation unit of formations incorporated associations, which in turn were further subdivided into fasciations, lociations, followed by societies of sociation, lamination, sation, and clan, along with seral units of associes-facies-locies-socies-lamies-saties-colony-family, and moreover, different serules (Clements 1936). Although complex terminology has fallen into disuse (due to "hopeless confusion" combined with "inadequate terminology" -Braun 1935), the term association, which is composed of a few genera or species that grow together, remains current, but also may be outdated. Further modifications of vegetation classifications tend to maintain Braun's associations, with the exclusion of oak-American chestnut (Castanea dentata), due to near extirpation of chestnut (e.g., Eyre 1980, Monk et al. 1989, Dyer 2006.Oak and hickory species are one of the predominant associations throughout the eastern United States since at least 1898 (Pound & Clements 1898, Hanson 1922, Eyre 1980, Monk et al. 1989, Dyer 2006, Tang & Beckage 2010, Pan et al. 2011, Domke et al. 2012, Elderd et al. 2013). Originally, oakhickory associations may have specified Quercus rubra-Carya ovata forests present in Missouri and in other states near grassland ecosystems, but by 1914 oak-hickory associations had been generalized throughout eastern forests (Livingston 1903, Fuller 1914, Nichols 1914, Clements 1936. Sampson (1927) stated that before 1900 over 30 well-described associations including oakhickory existed for Ohio.Oak and hickory species are more abundant in upland forest rather than floodplain forests and hydric soils; therefore, oak-hickory associations generally refer to species in upland, mesic to xeric sites (Sampson 1927, Schmelz & Lindsey 1970. The most common species of oak in the central eastern and southeastern regions (hot continental and subtropical divisions -ECOMAP 1993, USDA Forest Service - Fig. 1) of the eastern United States are white oak (Quercus alba, 4.6% of total stems -B. Hanberry unpublished data from USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis), chestnut oak (Q. prinus, 2.3%), northern red oak (Q. rubra, 2.1%), black oak (Q. velutina, 2.0%), and post oak (Q. stellata, 1.9%). The most common species of hickories are pignut hickory (Carya glabra, 1.3%), mockernut hickory (C. tomentosa, 1.2%), shagbark hickory (C. ovata, 0.8%), black hickory (C. texana, 0.5%), and bitternut hickory (C. cordiformis, 0.4%). Because there are numerous ...

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Presettlement Forests of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in Western New York

Cited by 42 publications

References 14 publications

Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Eastern White Pine Versatility in the Presettlement Forest

Forest Resources and Conditions

Disassociating tree species associations in the eastern United States

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