Group:
Location
45° 45' 0" N, 89° 0' 0" W
See map: Google Maps
Brief Site Description:
Argonne Experimental Forest
Detailed Site Description:
Climate - Average annual temperature of 5 °C. Average annual rainfall is 813 mm Snowfall averages 1,524 mm per year. growing season averages about 100 days.
Soils - Iron River loam, Carbondale peat, and Tawas sand.
Vegetation Iron River loam = northern hardwoods dominated by sugar maple, yellow birch, basswood, and hemlock. The Carbondale peat = mixed lowland conifers, black spruce and tamarack. Tawas sand = Jack and red pine, quaking aspen, and paper birch Most stands = second-growth and even-aged
Research - since 1947 management of 2nd growth forests
Facilities - field station w/o water, heat or bathroom
Field Site Type:
US affiliate
Registration:
Unregistered
Network(s):
USFS
Study Start Date:
1947
Mean Annual Precipitation:
813 millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature:
5°C
Land Cover:
Mixed Forest
Geology:
other igneous
meta-igneous
Soil Order:
Histosol
Spodosol
Hydrology: Name:
n/a
Hydrology: Surface water stream order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:
Unknown
Hydrology: Groundwater:
Unknown
Climate:
Temperate
Sub-Climate:
Humid