Student University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Northern hardwood forests can produce comparable merchantable wood volume and aboveground biomass on Ca and Mg rich or poor soil parent materials. However, growth rates are slower on poorer sites with volume proportionally greater in lower value species (American Beech).
Learning Objectives:
From this poster, we aim for participants to gain an understanding of the relationship between soil nutrient richness and merchantable wood volumes in managed forests.
hey will understand the importance of considering abiotic soil health indicators and site nutrient richness and will learn that nutrient poor sites can achieve comparable wood volumes to richer sites but with a trade off in species composition and growth.
From this information, participants will gain insight on how to improve their management strategies based on the site nutrient richness and their harvesting goals.
