The timber resources of Ohio

Kingsley, Neal P.; Mayer, Carl E.

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“…Previous inventories of Ohio's forest resources were completed for 1952 (Hutchison and Morgan 1956), 1968(Kingsley and Mayer 1970), 1979(Dennis and Birch 1981), 1991(Griffith et al 1993(Widmann et al 2009). …”

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Ohio's Forests 2011

Widmann¹,

Randall²,

Butler³

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“…2) and represent 31 percent of the State's land (Fig. 3 , 1952, 1968, 1979, 2006, and 2011, and approximation of forest land area for 1942 (Kingsley and Mayer 1970). Error bars represent 67-percent confidence intervals around the estimated mean.…”

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Randall²,

Butler³

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“…This figure declined steadily, dropping below 20% by 1910. Forest cover has been increasing throughout the 20th century for this area: 1942, 34%;1952, 50%;1968, 63%;1979, 62%;and1991, 68% (Diller 1944;Hutchinson and Morgan 1956;Kingsley and Mayer 1970;Dennis and Birch 1981;Griffith et al 1993).…”

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Using witness trees to assess forest change in southeastern Ohio

Dyer¹

2001

Can. J. For. Res.

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In 1787, the U.S. Congress authorized the sale of the "Ohio Company Purchase", ca. 5000 km2 in Appalachian Ohio. The land was surveyed using a township and range system shortly thereafter. Data on >5600 witness trees were transcribed from the survey records, and witness tree locations were plotted on a digital map. This information was used to evaluate presettlement forest composition and structure and to investigate vegetation-site relationships before widespread alteration of the forests had taken place. Presettlement conditions were compared with present conditions using forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data. Two hundred years ago, the forests of southeastern Ohio were dominated by large individuals of Quercus alba L., Carya Nutt. spp., Quercus velutina Lam., and Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. These four taxa accounted for 74% of all witness trees. Although almost 70% of the region is forested today, the second-growth forest has witnessed a decrease in Quercus and Carya and an increase in Acer saccharum Marsh., Acer rubrum L., and many early successional species in smaller size classes. Despite the significant shift in forest composition and structure, species in general seem to be occupying similar positions in the present-day landscape compared with the presettlement forest; topographic variables most strongly control species occurrence in this landscape.

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“…U.S. Forest Service forest inventories of Ohio from 1968 and 1991 (Kingsley and Mayer, 1970;Dennis and Birch, 1981;Griffith et al, 1993) indicate that the proportion of total volume in oak and hickory has declined substantially relative to maple, yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), and black cherry (Prunus serotina). The relative importance of several oak and hickory species in Ohio declined by at least 22% during this same period while maple and yellow-poplar increased by at least 38% in total volume.…”

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Thinning, fire, and oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in the eastern U.S.: 7-year results

Iverson

Hutchinson

Prasad

et al. 2008

Forest Ecology and Management

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We document an increase in oak and hickory advance regeneration, depending on landscape position, in the sixth year following mechanical thinning and repeated prescribed fires in southern Ohio, USA. Oak-dominated communities provide a multitude of human and natural resource values throughout the eastern United States, but their long-term sustainability is threatened throughout the region by poor regeneration. This study was established to assess regeneration following midstory thinning (late 2000) and prescribed fire application (2001 and 2005) at two sites in southern Ohio. Each of the four 20+ ha treatment units (two thin and burn, two untreated controls) were modeled for long-term moisture regime using the integrated moisture index (IMI), and a 50 m grid of sampling points was established throughout the units. Vegetation and canopy openness were sampled at each gridpoint before and after treatments, in 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2006. The thin and burn treatment generally resulted in more advance regeneration (>50 cm height) of oak and hickory. The second fires in 2005 created additional landscape heterogeneity by causing variable tree mortality, and thus canopy openness, across the IMI gradient. The drier landscape positions generally had more intense fires, more canopy openness, and more oak and hickory advance regeneration; several other tree species also exhibited marked landscape variation in regeneration after treatments. Though advance regeneration of several competing species became abundant after the initial treatments, the second fires reduced the high densities of the two major competitors, Acer rubrum and Liriodendron tulipifera. Two simple models were developed: (1) a model of oak ''competitiveness'' based on the plot data related to advance regeneration of oaks and competitors and (2) a model estimating the probability of a plot becoming 'competitive for oak' based on canopy openness, IMI class, and number of oak and hickory seedlings present. For dry or intermediate sites with at least 5000 oak and hickory seedlings/ha, opening the canopy to 8.5-19% followed by at least two fires should promote oak and hickory to be 'competitive' over about 50% of the area. However, no appreciable oak and hickory regeneration developed on mesic sites. Overall, these results suggest promise for partial harvesting and repeated fires as a management strategy to reverse the accelerating loss of oak dominance in the central hardwoods region. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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The timber resources of Ohio

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Ohio's Forests 2011

Using witness trees to assess forest change in southeastern Ohio

Thinning, fire, and oak regeneration across a heterogeneous landscape in the eastern U.S.: 7-year results

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