Bonanza Creek LTER
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Site Description - FP5A
Alias: 251
Site status: Active
Latitude: 64.68195711
Longitude: -148.2640747
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General Description Black spruce
Vegetation Description FP5A is an open stand of black spruce with occasional individuals of tamarack (Larix laricina) and paper birch (Betula papyrifera).Total tree canopy is 31%. Tree density totals 1900 trees per hectare of which 1760 are black spruce, 40 tamarack and 80 paper birch. Total basal area of the stand is 15.1 m2/ha of which 12.1 is black spruce. Average diameter of the dominant black spruce is 15 cm, and heights range from 10 to 15 m The dominant spruce and tamarack in the stand are about 200 years old, but occasional younger trees occur. The tall shrub layer has 18% canopy cover and is primarily of Rosa acicularis, with widely scattered Salix glauca, Salix arbusculoides, and Salix planifolia. The low shrub layer is conspicuous and with 82% cover; mainly Ledum groenlandicum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, V. uliginosum and Empetrum nigrum. Common herbs are Equisetum arvense, Geocaulon lividum and Cornus canadensis with a total herbaceous cover of 18%. The nearly continuous moss cover (82%) is dominated by Hylocomium splendens , Pleurozium schreberi and Aulacomnium palustris. Lichens have 12% cover with Peltigera aphthosa and Cladonia gracilis being the only common species.
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The Bonanza Creek LTER, including this website, is supported by the National Science Foundation through awards DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629 and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station through agreement number RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting agencies or the program as a whole.

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