vegetation census lab
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Vegetation Census Lab
• Field Trip to Sessions Woods
Line Transect Sampling
Three layers in the forest
Herbaceous layer 0-1 mShrub layer 1-2 m Tree layer >2 m
Acer saccharum
Sugar maple
Acer rubrumRed maple
Fraxinus americana
White ash
Populus tremuloides
Aspen
Fagus grandifolia
American beech
Betula pendula
European white birch
Batula papyrifera
Paper birch
Betula lenta Black birch
Catalpa speciosa
Northern catalpa
Castanea dentata American chestnut
Cornus florida Flowering dogwood
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas fir
Carya ovata Shagbark hickory
Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana Hophornbeam
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse chestnut
Quercus palustris
Pin oak
Quercus velutina Black oak
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine
Picea pungens
Blue spruce
Sassafras albidum Sassafras
Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree
Hamamelis virginiana
Witch hazel
Viburnum lantanoides
Hobble bush
Lindera benzoin Spicebush
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