Montane forest vegetation as it occurs on the east flank of the
central Oregon Cascades has provided excellent conditions for a
"natural experiment" in the use of various methodologies in studying
vegetational distribution. This "experiment" has reflected on some
theory and practice for the discipline of plant synecology. Detailed
descriptions,...
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Twenty sites of uniform topography and soil were select ed in the
montane forest found on the East flank of the Central Oregon Cascades.
These sites were located along a vegetational gradient composed of
five plant communities: Abies/Pachistima, Pinus/Ceanothus, Pinus
Arctostaphylos-Purshia, Pinus/Purshia/Festuca, and Juniperus
Festuca. An attempt was made to...
A sequence of soils derived from tuffaceous rocks was sampled
on the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and adjacent U. S. Plywood
land to determine some genetic and stability relationships. The
less than two micron size fraction from each sample was characterized
by x-ray diffraction with respect to crystalline clay...
Soils representative of several landscape units in the H. J.
Andrews Experimental Forest, Western Cascade Range, were sampled,
analyzed, and tentatively classified. Genetic inferences were
drawn relating soils to landscape position and other factors of soil
formation. Descriptive information and nutrient capital data were
provided to support ecosystem modelling efforts...