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Alice Holt/Straits Level II plot - Description
 

Date of installation02/06/1994
Planting year1935
Main tree speciesOak (Quercus robur)
Other tree species present in plot10% Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Forest typePlantation (native species) BEAR code 33; NVC Category W10 Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticous
Sylvicultural systemUniform system with thinning cycles of 5 to 10 years
Tree density385 trees/ha (2005)
Biomass/volume194.2 m3/ha (2005)
Basal area21.35 m2/ ha (2005)
Local Yield Class6
Plot dimensions0.29 ha
Altitude80 m
Mean slope0%
GeologyClay-calcareous
TopographyUneven, some dips and mounds
AspectNone - flat ground
Rainfall798 mm per annum (Annual mean 1954 to 2004)
Provisional soil type (FAO 1988)Eutric vertisol

               


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