Stand Structure of a Forest in the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Kentucky Fifty Years After Logging and Burning
Carpenter SB. 1976. Stand Structure of a Forest in the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Kentucky Fifty Years After Logging and Burning. Castanea. 41(4):325-337
Sampling of a second-growth, mesic upland stream bottom and adjacent north and south slope forests on the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky yielded detailed information on the strucutre of the canopy, subcanopy, and shrub synusia. The upland stream bottom and north slope communities were dominated by vigorous even-aged stands of Liriodendron tulipifera with an understory of shade-intolerant species. South slope dominants included Quercus alba and several species of Carya with an understory of mixed shade-tolerant and intolerant species.
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Carpenter, S
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- BISO
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- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area TN and KY