Soil moisture depletion trends under five plant species growing
on the clear-cuts of the Marys Peak Watershed near Corvallis,
Oregon, were followed during the summers of 1963 and 1964. The
species were Holcus lanatus, Lotus crassifolius var. subglaber,
Gaultheria shallon, Berberis nervosa, and Acer circinatum; and
were dominant plants of...