National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Eastern Hemlocks in the National Capital Region
Matthews E and Nortrup M. 2018. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Eastern Hemlocks in the National Capital Region. National Park Service
This resource brief summarizes data for 6 national parks from a 2015 inventory of Eastern hemlock trees in National Capital Region. The purpose of the project was to answer the following questions:1) Where are the remaining patches of living Eastern hemlocks in the NCRN parks? 2) In areas formerly dominated by Eastern hemlocks, what regenerating vegetation is replacing the dead canopy trees? If we find living Eastern hemlocks stands, we may address the following question as well: 3) Are there differences in the forest floor plant composition in stands where hemlocks are still living and stands where hemlocks are mostly dead?
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Matthews, Elizabeth; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2018-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CATO , CHOH , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NCR , NCRN , PRWI
- Keywords
- Adelges tsugae, eastern deciduous forest, Eastern hemlocks, elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa, Forest Brief, forest pest, Forest Vegetation, hemlock woolly adelgid, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, Trees, Tsuga canadensis
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic animals , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities