Group:
Location
35° 0' 39.9996" N, 83° 14' 45.9996" W
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Brief Site Description:
Blue Valley Experimental Forest
Detailed Site Description:
The 526-ha Blue Valley Experimental Forest was established in 1964 to provide an outdoor laboratory in a forest dominated by eastern white pine, but it experienced only custodial management for the first 30 years. Several investigations of white pine-hardwood dynamics are underway. Extensive grazing and logging during the late 1800s and early 1900s are thought to have contributed to today’s substantial coverage of eastern white pine.
Field Site Type:
US affiliate
Registration:
Unregistered
Network(s):
USFS
Study Start Date:
1995
Mean Annual Precipitation:
1 778 millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature:
12°C
Land Cover:
Mixed Forest
Geology:
igneous-felsic intrusive
Soil Order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water stream order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:
Unknown
Hydrology: Groundwater:
Unknown
Climate:
Temperate
Sub-Climate:
Hyperhumid