Goal(s)/Objective(s): Assess soil drainage class, individual tree, and position within tree effects on physical and mechanical properties, and to examine the relationships of specific gravity, MOR and MOE to age and how the relationships were affected by soil drainage class, individual tree and position within tree.
Key Findings: Age, site, tree, position, the site and position interaction, and the position and tree interaction significantly affect specific gravity, MOE and MOR in the juvenile zone.
Problem Addressed: Composition of forested mountain slopes in western mountain biophysical region of Maine and how it is effected by soil/site properties
Goal(s)/Objective(s): 1. Determine if a system of habitat types (HT's), developed for the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire, accurately describes the soil/site characteristics of mountain slopes in western Maine; and 2. to determine if species composition is similar on corresponding HT's, in Maine and New Hampshire.
Key Findings: Tree species composition varies among the HT's observed on mountain slopes in western Maine. The composition of understory herbaceous and woody vegetation did not appear to differ across HT's.