Oak establishment and canopy accession strategies in five old-growth stands in the central hardwood forest region

Abstract In much of the Central Hardwood Forest Region, oak species are not regenerating well, even though large oak trees are common within the existing forests. The shelterwood method has been suggested as a potential tool for establishing and developing advanced regeneration where it is lacking. The 10-yr results from a study of several variants of the shelterwood method show that on good sites in the Missouri Ozarks Region, a heavy understory treatment is most important, while on average sites, reducing the overstory density level is most important. The right combinations of overstory and understory treatments will likely be different for different stands and locations, but the shelterwood method does appear to be a useful silvicultural tool for perpetuating central hardwood oak forests. North. J. Appl. For. 10(4): 149-153.

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Stand Dynamics of an Old-Growth Eastern Hemlock-Hardwood Forest in West Virginia

Natural Areas Journal ◽

10.3375/043.030.0107 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 64-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Nathan R. Beane ◽

Eric Heitzman ◽

Thomas M. Schuler

Keyword(s):

West Virginia ◽

Eastern Hemlock ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

Stand Dynamics ◽

Old Growth

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Rapid wood decay and nutrient mineralization in an old-growth bottomland hardwood forest

Biogeochemistry ◽

10.1007/s10533-016-0183-y ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 127 (2-3) ◽

pp. 323-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Matthew C. Ricker ◽

B. Graeme Lockaby ◽

Gavin D. Blosser ◽

William H. Conner

Keyword(s):

Wood Decay ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

Bottomland Hardwood Forest ◽

Bottomland Hardwood ◽

Old Growth ◽

Nutrient Mineralization

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Seasonal change in the shoot flora diversity of hardwood forest stands on Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b71-241 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 49 (9) ◽

pp. 1713-1720 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

P. G. Holland

Keyword(s):

Seasonal Change ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

Northern Hardwood Forest ◽

Northern Hardwood ◽

Forest Region ◽

Composition And Structure ◽

Sample Data ◽

Time Of Year ◽

Flora Diversity ◽

Vegetation Composition And Structure

Diversity, in the various senses in which the term is used by plant ecologists, is shown to vary with time of year in each of four stands in the northern hardwood forest region of southern Quebec. The lowest values were obtained in winter and the highest in summer. Much of the variation in diversity over the year can be explained by changes in the numbers of plant species, present as shoots, in a stand: this is particularly the case in the late spring and summer months, but rather less so in the fall. Analysis of the simply collected, and reliable, presence/absence sample data gives as satisfactory an account of seasonal trends in shoot flora diversity as does analysis of the more usually consulted abundance data. It is concluded that many of the formal notions of succession studies may apply to the more restricted case of seasonal change in vegetation composition and structure.

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