Bottomland Hardwoods Succession

Box 28 memphis tn 38101 abstract this paper describes changes that have occurred in the silviculture of southern bottomland hard.

Bottomland hardwoods succession.

Sites included a disturbed but recently restored system two disturbed systems that are recovering naturally and a. Nization and succession of plant communities is fairly rapid and the degree of success attained can generally be ascertained within a few years landin and webb 1986. These ecosystems are generally flat but the subtle variation in elevation often leads to major differences in soils drainage patterns tree species and thus successional processes. To wetland fluxes and wetland to stream fluxes.

Hodges anderson tully company p o. On the other hand the time frame over which created or restored bottomland hardwoods begin to resemble natural systems is more on the order of de. The hydrologic pathways of four bottomland hardwood wetland sites were investigated with transects consisting of nests of shallow wells and piezometers. And succession of plant communities is fairly rapid and the degree of success attained can generally be ascertained within a few years landin and webb 1986.

For over 30 years the bottomland hardwood system of the pen branch corridor and delta was used for the discharge of coolant water from a nuclear reactor at the savannah river site prior to reactor placement flow in pen branch was typically 0 28 0 57 m 3 s 1 reactor operations raised the flow to as much as 11 3 m 3 s 1 with secondary coolant water temperatures ranging from 40 65. Meadows usda forest service southern research station ro. Plots were located at to semi continuously measure groundwater lev els. Successional patterns vary greatly in bottomland hardwood forests.

On the other hand the time frame over which created or restored bottomland hardwoods begin to resemble natural. The hydrologic pathways of four bottomland hardwood wetland sites were investigated with transects consisting of nests of shallow wells and piezometers. Recording wells in both the stream and the the upland bottomland and the bottomland bottomland measured water levels at 3 h inter stream interfaces with the intent to study upland vals. Box 227 stoneville ms 38776 john d.

They vary in drainage and nutrient levels thus resulting in a range of sites with different productivity levels appropriate for different hardwood species. 25 years of change james s. Influence of restoration and succession on bottomland hardwood hydrology. Silviculture of southern bottomland hardwoods.

Bottomland hardwoods elevation floodplain fraxinus pennsylvanica huisman olff fresco models hydrologic gradient lower mississippi alluvial valley natural revegetation old field ordination response curve succession wetland forest.