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NOTES TO USERS:
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| 1. |
The sites in this series are ordered from smallest to largest percentages of crown closure. |
| 2. |
A list of scientific and common species names can be found in the
introductory notes for Volume Va. |
| 3. |
Grass and grass-like plants (graminoids) were not identified by species. |
| 4. |
Cryptogams include all mosses and lichens. |
| 5. |
The marker in these photographs is a 1-foot square, and the pole is
painted in contrasting colors at 1-foot intervals. The pole is 30 feet from the camera. |
| 6. |
A distinction is made between rotten and sound woody material for pieces
larger than 3 inches in diameter. |
| 7. |
Bulk density values used for calculating forest floor loading from depth:
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Cryptogams |
2.44 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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Conifer litter |
4.05 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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Hardwood litter |
3.10 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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Grass |
0.30 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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Bark slough |
4.05 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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Duff |
10.35 tons·acre-1·inch-1 |
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| 8. |
Woody material and forest floor loading and live crown mass are reported
in tons per acre, and understory loading is reported in pounds per acre.
Trace coverage of understory species is indicated as (t). |
| 9. |
Plant association and SAF cover type are based on descriptions in Faber-Langendoen
(1999) and Eyre (1980), respectively (refer to literature cited). |
| 10. |
Depth values reported for surface material, duff, and total forest floor
are not unit-wide averages (null values are not included in average) and, as
such, the total forest floor depth is not the sum of surface material and duff depths. |