National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Forest Regeneration 2017
Schmit JP and Nortrup M. 2017. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Forest Regeneration 2017. National Park Service
National Capital Region Network Inventory & Monitoring (NCRN I&M) forest monitoring data (2013-2017) shows that numbers of tree seedlings and small saplings are inadequate for forest regeneration in all 11 network parks: Antietam NB, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry NHP, Manasass NBP, Monocacy NB, National Capital Parks - East, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, and Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Schmit, John; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2017-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANTI , BAWA , CATO , CHOH , GREE , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCR , NCRN , PISC , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
- Keywords
- ANTI, Antietam National Battlefield, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, eastern deciduous forest, Forest Brief, forest regeneration, Forest Vegetation, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GREE, Greenbelt Park, GWMP, HAFE, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, MANA, Manassas National Battlefield Park, MONO, Monocacy National Battlefield, NACE, National Capital Parks - East, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, overbrowsing, PISC, Piscataway Park, Rock Creek Park, ROCR, saplings, seedling stocking index, seedlings, stocking, Trees, understory, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, WOTR
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic animals , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities