Decline of Red Spruce in the Green Mountains of Vermont
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club
- Vol. 109 (2) , 162-168
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2996256
Abstract
Red spruce (P. rubens Sarg.), a potentially long-lived (> 300 yr) shade tolerant major forest species of the region, declined by about half in basal area and density in virgin mid to high elevation stands in the Green Mountains of Vermont between 1964-1979. The decrease is not logically related to forest successional development and no specific causes have been documented. Diminished growth rates and general low tree vigor in 1981 indicate that the decline is continuing.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Winter Water Relations of Red Spruce on Mount Monadnock, New HampshireEcology, 1981
- The Induced Timberline of Mount Monadnock, N. H.Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1977