Effects of harvesting on herbaceous layer diversity of a central Appalachian hardwood forest in West Virginia, USA

Abstract Big basal area factor (BAF) sampling techniques were investigated in a 70-year-old even-aged hardwood forest in northern West Virginia. Data collection procedures permitted the investigation of several small BAFs when employed with 12 big BAFs ranging from 55 to 300. Mean board foot volume per acre for sawtimber products was investigated along with a comparison of the resultant standard errors. The estimated mean volume per acre was quite stable. The same approximate mean volume per acre was obtained using big BAF values of 55 and 150 but with a 66% reduction in the number of sample trees needed for volume estimation. Sampling error increased with increasing big BAF, especially above values of 150. Sampling error within a single big BAF value was stable across the range of small BAFs sampled.

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Herbaceous Layer Cover and Biomass in a Young Versus a Mature Stand of a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ◽

10.2307/2996749 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 120 (4) ◽

pp. 445 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Frank S. Gilliam ◽

Nicole L. Turrill

Keyword(s):

Hardwood Forest ◽

Herbaceous Layer ◽

Mature Stand

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Herbaceous Layer and Soil Response to Experimental Acidification in a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest

Journal of Environmental Quality ◽

10.2134/jeq1994.00472425002300040032x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 835-844 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Frank S. Gilliam ◽

Nicole L. Turrill ◽

Staci D. Aulick ◽

Dan K. Evans ◽

Mary Beth Adams

Keyword(s):

Hardwood Forest ◽

Herbaceous Layer ◽

Soil Response ◽

Experimental Acidification

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Estimation of Volume Growth Using Zeide's Growth Types: An Updated Evaluation

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/njaf/21.3.164 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 164-165

Author(s):

John R. Brooks ◽

Harry V. Wiant

Keyword(s):

West Virginia ◽

Volume Growth ◽

Point Method ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

Growth Type ◽

Growth Types ◽

A Current

Abstract Zeide's (1993) two-point method for projecting volume growth was used to compare the predicted volume to a current intensive inventory of an Appalachian hardwood forest in northern West Virginia. Results indicate that the calculated growth type was stable and that the 8-year predicted volume was within 2% of the inventory estimate. North. J. Appl. For. 21(3):164–165.

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Canopy Gap Dynamics in a Second-Growth Appalachian Hardwood Forest in West Virginia

Castanea ◽

10.2179/13-006 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 78 (3) ◽

pp. 171-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jamie Marie Himes ◽

James S. Rentch

Keyword(s):

West Virginia ◽

Canopy Gap ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

Gap Dynamics ◽

Second Growth

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Ten-year response of the herbaceous layer to an operational herbicide-shelterwood treatment in a northern hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management ◽

10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.031 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 262 (6) ◽

pp. 970-979 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Todd E. Ristau ◽

Scott H. Stoleson ◽

Stephen B. Horsley ◽

David S. deCalesta

Keyword(s):

Hardwood Forest ◽

Northern Hardwood Forest ◽

Herbaceous Layer ◽

Northern Hardwood

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Groundtruthing the Public Trust: Ethnography, Mountaintop Retention, and the Reclamation of NEPA

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.36.4.k401634h76u72780 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 52-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mary Hufford

Keyword(s):

West Virginia ◽

Annual Meeting ◽

Ecological Integrity ◽

Well Being ◽

Public Trust ◽

Scientific Organization ◽

Ecological Crisis ◽

Hardwood Forest ◽

The Public ◽

Mesophytic Forest

Imet William Maxey in 1996, during the annual meeting of the Lucy Braun Association for the Mixed Mesophytic Forest (LBA) held that year in Charleston, West Virginia. The LBA had formed four years earlier in Beckley, West Virginia, for the purpose of studying and preserving the hardwood forest system covering the Central Appalachian Plateaus. The founders of the organization named it for the pioneering woman botanist who first recognized the ecological integrity of the Central Appalachian forest, and linked that integrity to the region's unglaciated topography. A quasi-scientific organization, the LBA welcomed all devotees interested in promoting the well-being of the mixed mesophytic forest (mmf) throughout its range (see Figure 1), including me, a practicing anthropologist trained in folklore with a special research interest in ecological crisis.

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