FutMon programme - Rogate Scots pine monitoring plot
Description and map
| Date of installation |
April 2009 |
| Planting year |
1950 |
| Main tree species |
Scots Pine |
| Other tree species present in plot |
|
| Forest type |
Plantation |
| Silvicultural system |
|
| Tree density |
|
| Biomass/volume |
|
| Basal area |
|
| Local Yield Class |
|
| Plot dimensions |
0.1 ha |
| Altitude |
115 |
| Mean slope |
1 |
| Geology |
Greensand |
| Topography |
Flat |
| Aspect |
W |
| Rainfall |
|
| Provisional soil type |
Podsolised brown earth |
Measurememts
Notes:
| Variables | Period | Frequency of sampling | Rannoch (1) | Thetford (1) | Lady Bower (1) | Rogate SP |
| Foliar sampling and analysis |
1995-2004 |
2 years |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2005-2006 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2007 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| 2008 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Soil analysis |
1995 |
Once |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2010 |
Once |
|
|
|
Y |
| Increment |
1995-2010 |
5 yrs |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2010 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Permanent girth bands |
2009 |
2 weeks |
|
|
|
Y |
| 2010 |
2 weeks |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| Crown condition |
1994-2007 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
Annual |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Meteorology |
1994-2009 |
Manual (daily) |
|
Y |
|
|
| 1994-2005 |
Automatic Met station |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2005-2009 |
Automatic Met station |
|
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
Automatic Met station |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Atmospheric deposition |
1995-1996 |
2 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 1996-2006 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2007 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| 2008 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Ground vegetation |
1998-2004 |
3 years |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2007 |
Once |
|
Y |
|
|
| 2010 |
Once |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Ground vegetation qualitative |
2010 |
Once |
|
Y |
|
Y |
| Litter fall quantification |
2001-2006 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2007 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| 2008 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Soil solution |
1996-2001 |
2 weeks |
|
Y |
Y |
|
| 2002-2006 |
2 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2007 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
|
|
| 2008 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
| 2009-2010 |
4 weeks |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
