Terrestrial Gradient Sites: Characteristics
Table 1.  Selected characteristics of the terrestrial gradient sites at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory near Otto, North Carolina, USA. Data are compiled from Coweeta Long-term Ecological Research Program records.

 


Site

 

OP

118

 

CH

218

 

MO-L

318

 

MO-H

427

 

NH

527

Elevation (meters)

782

795

865

1001

1347

Aspect (degrees)

180

340

15

75

20

Slope (degrees)

34

21

34

33

33

Vegetation type

oak-pine

cove hardwoods

mixed oak

mixed oak

northern hardwoods

Dominant Species

Pinus rigida

Quercus coccinea

Quercus prinus

Carya spp.

Kalmia latifolia

Liriodendron tulipifera

Quercus prinus

Carya spp.

Quercus prinus

Carya spp.

Quercus rubra

Rhododendron maximum

 

Quercus prinus

Quercus rubra

Carya spp.

Rhododendron
maximum

 

 

Betula alleghaniensis 

Quercus rubra

Betula lenta

Tilia heterophylla

 

Moisture regime

xeric

mesic

mesic

mesic

mesic

Soil series and subgroup(s)

Evard/Cowee; Chandler; Edneyville/Chestnut

Typic Hapludults

Typic Dystrochrepts

 

Saunook

 Tuckaseegee

Humic Hapludults

Typic Haplumbrepts

Trimont

Humic Hapludults

Chandler

Typic Dystrochrepts

Plott

Typic Haplumbrepts