Aspen Bibliography
Description and Classification of Plant Communities in Site 1 and the Control Area
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Journal/Book Title/Conference
The Enterprise, Wisconsin, Radiation Forest - Preirradiation Ecological Studies
First Page
63
Last Page
84
Publication Date
1974
Abstract
Nine forest and three logging-road plant communities were sampled in the Enterprise Radiation Forest in northern Wisconsin. These communities were quantitatively described by simple ecological indicators - frequency, density, and basal area or cover - and were classified by comparing them to standard cover types of three classification systems. Thee forest communities were similar to the aspen cover type, three others to the aspen-paper birch cover type, and one each to the paper birch and sugar maple-basswood cover types. One community was transitional. Seven of the nine communities were in early and two in more-advanced successional stages. Paper birch, red and sugar maple, and quaking aspen headed the list of important species, followed by beaked hazel, Carex pensylvanica, and large-leaved aster. Among the top 23 species were 11 trees, 2 shrubs, and 10 herbs. The future composition of the nine stands is predicted on the basis of the relative representation of young tree, sapling, and tree-seedling species. The logging-road vegetation was not classified, but floristically it resembled old-field vegetation.
Recommended Citation
Zavitkovski, J., "Description and Classification of Plant Communities in Site 1 and the Control Area" (1974). Aspen Bibliography. Paper 5164.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib/5164