The "Big Woods" of Minnesota: Its Structure, and Relation to Climate, Fire and Soils |
Contents
Introduction | 235 |
Northfield Woods | 243 |
Boundaries of the Big Woods | 253 |
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25 plots Acer saccharum Acer saccharum Tilia Amphicarpa pitcheri Aralia atmometers basal area basswood Betula Big Woods boreal conifer forest boundaries bur oak canadensis canopy Carya cordiformis cent climax deciduous forest density derived from 25 distribution dominant east eastern edge elms evaporation fire barriers Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata frequency Galium growing season Hennepin County herbs important inch d.b.h. indicated Itasca Lake Minnetonka Leaf-size classes located mature mesic forest mesophylls Microphyll miles Minn Minnesota River Minnetonka Woods mixed oak forest moisture equivalent Northfield Woods oak savanna occurred Osmorhiza Ostrya virginiana Parthenocissus phosphate phytograph plants precipitation quadrats Quercus borealis maxima Quercus ellipsoidalis Quercus macrocarpa olivaeformis racemosa region saccharum Tilia americana samples Sanguinaria seedlings shrub stand of sugar stations stratum sugar maple sugar maple-basswood community sugar maple-basswood forest TABLE tall or less Tilia americana transition tree species Ulmus americana Ulmus fulva vegetation western westward xerothermic period