Highlands
Basic information
Sample name: Highlands

Reference: C. Keever. 1953. Present Composition of Some Stands of the Former Oak-Chestnut Forest in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Ecology 34(1):44-54 [ER 118]
Geography
Country: United States

State: North Carolina

County: Macon

Coordinate: 35.15° N, -83.42° W
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Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "oak-chestnut association"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 60

Site area: 0.6

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 825 individuals

Net or trap nights: 0

Size min: 1.0

Basal area status: not stated

Sampling comments: 6 Stands were placed in Highlands, each one containing 10 quadrats of 10 x 10 m (p. 45)
Total sampled area = 60 (10x10) = 0.6 ha

Metadata
Sample no: 274

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-04-08 17:30:41

Modified: 2017-11-02 03:33:07

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
32 species
0 singleton
total count 825
geometric series index: 36.3
Fisher's α: 6.621
geometric series k: 0.8838
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9346
Shannon's H: 3.0064
Good's u: 1
Register
Quercus rubra borealis92
Acer rubrum 73
Carya spp. 82
glabra and ovalis
Castanea dentata 83
Quercus prinus 87
Quercus alba 40
Halesia carolina 25
Liriodendron tulipifera 13
Pinus strobus 18
Sassafras albidum 15
Nyssa sylvatica 20
Betula lenta 27
Tsuga canadensis 17
Robinia pseudoacacia 20
Oxydendrum arboreum 18
Prunus serotina 10
Betula lutea 3
Magnolia acuminata 2
Quercus coccinea 16
Quercus velutina 5
Fraxinus americana 2
Cornus florida 48
Rhododendron calendulacea 23
Rhododendron maximum 23
Hamamelis virginiana 17
Acer pensylvanicum 8
Kalmia latifolia 8
Castanea pumila 3
Vaccinium spp. 12
corymbosum and vacillans
Clethra acuminata 7
Amelanchier spp. 3
Ilex monticola 5