Vegetation Patterns a Half Century Following the Chestnut Blight in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Arends E. 1981. Vegetation Patterns a Half Century Following the Chestnut Blight in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee
Fifty years after the loss of the American chestnut, the replacement species are those that were most associated with it, although the exact composition of any one area depends upon topography and moisture. In the drier areas, red maple and sourwood are dominant. In the wetter ones, hemlock and silverbell prevail. Six different forest types are identified.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Arends, Ernesto
- Date of Issue
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- American Chestnut (Castanea dentata), Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01794, Plant Studies, Thesis