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Chronic Nitrogen Amendment Plots

The Chronic N study includes a total of eight different plots in two stands, pine and hardwood, which are coded as follows:

   
Treatment Numeric
Key
Treatment
Key
Pine Control
1
PC
Pine High N
2
PH or P150
Pine Low N
3
PL or P50
Hardwood Control
4
HC
Hardwood High N
5
HH or H150
Hardwood Low N
6
HL or H50
Pine N + Sulfur
7
PNS
Hardwood N + Sulfur
8
HNS
 

Key to Tree Species.

Four primary species have been collectedathroughout the duration of the study.

   
Treatment Common Name Latin Name Abbreviation
Pine Stand Red Pine Pinus resinosa Ait. PIRE
       
Hardwood Stand Red Maple Acer rubrum L. ACRU
  Black Oak * Quercus velutina Lam. QUVE
  Black Birch Betula lenta L. BELE
*NOTE: QUVE includes both black and red oak (Quercus rubra L.)
for both litter and green foliage sampling.
PIRE litter is designated -G and -B for green and brown, respectively.