Leaf fall, humus depth, and soil frost in a northern hardwood forest

Abstract

In the mound-and-depression microtopography of the northern hardwood forest, leaves are blown off the mounds and collect in the depressions. This influence of microtopography on leaf accumulation is responsible for much of the variation in humus depth; and this, in turn, affects the formation and depth of soil frost.

Citation

Hart, George; Leonard, Raymond E.; Pierce, Robert S. 1962. Leaf fall, humus depth, and soil frost in a northern hardwood forest. Forest Research Note NE-131. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-3