Natural Replacement of Chestnut by Other Species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Woods FW and Shanks RE. 1959. Natural Replacement of Chestnut by Other Species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ecology. 40(3):349 - 361
The authors investigated 79 former stands of the chestnut and 2569 openings left by the demise of individual trees. They found that oaks (Quercus prinus and Q. rubra), along with red maple (Acer rubrum) were the most abundant replacement species. On dry slopes, replacement was usually by species more xerophytic than chestnut, and in mesic cove stands, by species more mesophytic than chestnut.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Woods, Frank; Shanks, Royal
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- American Chestnut (Castanea dentata), Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, Plant Studies