Understory vegetation and site condition data from the "Nonnative Invasive Plants" study at the Penobscot Experimental Forest

Olson, Elizabeth K.; Langley, CJ M.; Dibble, Alison C.; Delgado, Bethany L. Muñoz; Kenefic, Laura S.; Zukswert, Jenna M.

doi:10.2737/rds-2019-0016

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“…For five plots within each MU of the S05, SW3, and CC treatments, soil parent material and depth to redoximorphic features were determined from field measurements and laboratory analysis (Puhlick et al, 2016b). For other plots, parent material was determined using a second-order soil survey (Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2012) and depth to redoximorphic features was determined through field measurements (Olson et al, 2019). These data were used to assign drainage class (Briggs, 1994).…”

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Tree quality and value: results in northern conifer stands after 65 years of silviculture and harvest

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Despite the importance of financial outcomes to stand-level forest management decision making, long-term assessments are rare. We compared quality and value of mixed, northern conifer (Picea – Abies – Tsuga) stands in Maine, USA, treated with a range of silvicultural systems and exploitive cuttings for 65 years. Ten replicated treatments – single-tree selection and uniform shelterwood systems, commercial clearcutting, fixed and guiding diameter-limit cutting, and no cutting – were assessed for quality and value of standing and harvested trees. Selection systems resulted in good tree quality and high stand value, particularly when applied on a short cutting cycle, but small harvest volumes were not always commercially operable. Shelterwood system resulted in good tree quality, but changes in species values over time influenced financial outcomes. In contrast, commercial clearcutting and fixed diameter-limit cutting resulted in poor tree quality and low residual stand value after multiple harvests. Guiding diameter-limit cutting resulted in high stand value, and is more appropriately characterized as a silvicultural system than exploitive harvesting when applied with harvest volume limits and seed tree retention. Overall, treatments focused on short-term financial gain led to degraded stand conditions, while those that sought to grow high-quality trees resulted in desirable outcomes over the long-term.

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