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Alice Holt/Straits Level II plot - Description
| Date of installation | 02/06/1994 |
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| Planting year | 1935 |
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| Main tree species | Oak (Quercus robur) |
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| Other tree species present in plot | 10% Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) |
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| Forest type | Plantation (native species) BEAR code 33; NVC Category W10 Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticous |
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| Sylvicultural system | Uniform system with thinning cycles of 5 to 10 years |
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| Tree density | 385 trees/ha (2005) |
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| Biomass/volume | 194.2 m3/ha (2005) |
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| Basal area | 21.35 m2/ ha (2005) |
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| Local Yield Class | 6 |
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| Plot dimensions | 0.29 ha |
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| Altitude | 80 m |
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| Mean slope | 0% |
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| Geology | Clay-calcareous |
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| Topography | Uneven, some dips and mounds |
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| Aspect | None - flat ground |
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| Rainfall | 798 mm per annum (Annual mean 1954 to 2004) |
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| Provisional soil type (FAO 1988) | Eutric vertisol |
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