Percent crown cover tables for applying the shelterwood system in New England

William Leak; C. H. Tubbs

doi:10.2737/NE-RN-313

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Percent crown cover tables for applying the shelterwood system in New England

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Authors:

William Leak, C. H. Tubbs

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RN-313

Source:

Research Note NE-313. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Provides tables for estimating residual percent crown cover, using a 10-factor prism, of three species groups: (1) sugar and red maples, yellow and paper birches; (2) white ash, white pine, red spruce, balsam fir, and hemlock; and (3) beech.

Citation

Leak, W. B.; Tubbs, C. H. 1983. Percent crown cover tables for applying the shelterwood system in New England. Research Note NE-313. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.